Kevin Lynch
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Kevin Lynch is a prominent urban planner and author best known for his influential work on city design and the concept of urban legibility.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kevin Lynch canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-01-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-04-25 ⓘ |
| developedConcept | paths, edges, districts, nodes, landmarks as city image elements ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century urban planning ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental psychology
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urban design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| fullName | Kevin Andrew Lynch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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urban studies literature ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
cognitive mapping studies of cities
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environmental design research ⓘ urban design practice in the 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | modernist urban planning ⓘ |
| knownFor |
book "Managing the Sense of a Region"
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book "Site Planning" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "The Image of the City" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "The View from the Road" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "What Time Is This Place?" NERFINISHED ⓘ concept of urban legibility ⓘ theory of city imageability ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Managing the Sense of a Region"
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"Site Planning" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Image of the City" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The View from the Road" NERFINISHED ⓘ "What Time Is This Place?" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
human experience of time in cities
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mental maps of cities ⓘ perception of urban environments ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
city planning
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urban design ⓘ |
| theorized |
imageability of city environments
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legibility of urban form ⓘ |
| workInstitution | MIT School of Architecture and Planning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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