What time is this place?

Author
Lynch, Kevin, 1918-1984 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, MIT Press [1972]
Description
viii, 277 pages illustrations 24 cm

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    A look at the human sense of time, a biological rhythm that may follow a different beat from that dictated by external, "official," "objective" timepieces. Time and Place - Timeplace - is a continuum of the mind, as fundamental as the spacetime that may be the ultimate reality of the material world. Kevin Lynch's book deals with this human sense of time, a biological rhythm that may follow a different beat from that dictated by external, "official," "objective" timepieces. The center of his interest is on how this innate sense affects the ways we view and change - or conserve, or destroy - our physical environment, especially in the cities.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. 248-257.
    Contents
    • Introduction : time and place
    • Cities transforming
    • The presence of the past
    • Alive now
    • The future preserved
    • The time inside
    • Boston time
    • Change made visible
    • Managing transitions
    • Environmental change and social change
    • Some policies for changing things.
    ISBN
    • 0262120615
    • 9780262120616
    • 9780262620321 ((paperback))
    • 0262620324 ((paperback))
    Tech. report no.
    72007059
    LCCN
    72007059
    OCLC
    402320
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