Visual & Spatial Structure of Landscapes

Higuchi, Tadahiko

ISBN 10: 0262580942 / ISBN 13: 9780262580946

Published by MIT Press, 1988

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Imaginative and generously illustrated. The principles that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a mental map of their surroundings, fromm major structural elements to successively finer details.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual & Spatial Structure of Landscapes
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262580942
• ISBN 13: 9780262580946
• Binding: Softbound
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Synopsis

In this imaginative and generously illustrated book, Tadahiko Higuchi applies a methodology to landscape that is similar to that developed by Kevin Lynch for investigating the extent to which urban settings are legible and "imageable" to their inhabitants. He identifies features such as landmarks, boundaries, paths, and nodes that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a reliable mental map of their surroundings, beginning with major structural elements and filling in with successively finer detail.

About the Author

Tadahiko Higuchi is Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Yamanashi University.