The view from the road, by Donald Appleyard, Kevin Lynch, and John R. Myer.

Main entry:

Appleyard, Donald.

Title & Author:

The view from the road, by Donald Appleyard, Kevin Lynch, and John R. Myer.

Publication:

Cambridge, Published for the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University by the M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [1964]

Description:

64 pages illustrations (some color) 39 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 64).
1. The highway landscape -- 2. Recording highway sequences -- 3. Analysis of an existing highway -- 4. Methods of design -- 5. In conclusion.

Summary:

Deals with the aesthetics of highways, the way they look to the driver and his passengers, and what this implies for their design.

ISBN:

0262010151
9780262010153

Subject:

Roads Design and construction.
Roads.
Routes.
Routes Conception et construction.
Textbooks.
Civil Engineering.
Visual Pollution.
Seeing Distance/ Viewing Distance.
Road Environment.
Road Geometrics.

Form/genre:

Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) NNC

Added entries:

Lynch, Kevin, 1918-1984, author.
Myer, John Randolph, 1927-2016, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87784
Call No.: ID:93-B2181
Status: Available

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