Lynch,+Kevin

"The contents of the images of the city That Have Been Studied so far, and are referable to the ways Individuals can, for convenience, be classified into five types of elements, Namely, paths, edges, districts, nodes and markers [.. .].

1. //. Sendas// .. The paths are the tubes normally That Follows the observer or Potentially occasionally can be Represented by streets, trails, transit lines, canals or railroads For many people are these the dominant elements in Their image. People observe the city while going Through It and under These pathways organize and connect the other environmental elements.

2. //Edges//. The edges are linear elements That the observer does not use or Consider paths. Are the boundaries Between two phases, linear breaks in continuity, as beaches, railroad crossings, border development, walls. They are lateral references and no Coordinated axes. These edges May be barriers, more or less penetrable, separating a region or May be another suture lines along Which interact and bind two regions. These border elements, but are probably not as dominant as paths, are important peple for many organizers features, Particularly in the function of keeping together Widespread areas, as in the case of the outline of a city route by water or by a wall.

3. //Barrios//. Neighborhoods are the districts or sections of the city Whose dimensions range from medium to large, conceived as a two-dimensional range in Which the viewer Enters "within it" and are recognizable as mentally Having a common Identifies That character. Always identifiable from the inside, They are used for external reference Also Should be visible from the outside. Most people Their structure city ​​to some extent in This Way, leaving room for Individual Differences as to Whether the paths or Neighborhoods are the dominant elements. This Seems to depend not only on the Individual But Also of the city in question.

4. //Nodes//. Nodes are the strategic points of a city to Which an observer can enter and are the foci of intensive or Which Which party is headed. They can be Primarily junctions, places of a break in transportation, a cross or a convergence of paths, moments of transition from one structure to another. Or simply be Concentrations May nodes Whose Importance Because They are theensation particularly of use or physical character, as a corner Where people or meets a fenced place. Some of These nodes are the focus or concentration epitome of a neighborhood on Which radiate Their influence and That stand as symbols. You can give them the name of cores. [...]

5. //Cairns// [ //Milestones// ] //.// The markers are another type of reference point, but In This case the observer does not enter them, but you are outdoors. Usually it is a physical object defined quite simply, for example, a building, a sign, a store or a mountain. Their use Involves Selecting an item from a multitude of possibilities. Some landmarks are distant and is characteristic That see them from many angles and distances, above the tops of smaller elements, and radial They are used as references. They May be Within the city or Such a distance That for all practical purposes symbolize a constant direction. [...] Other markers are Essentially the local, visible only in restricted Certain Localities and accesses from. These include the innumerable signs, storefronts, trees, door handles and other urban details That fit into the image of MOST observers. " Lynch, Kevin (2001 [1984]) //The image of the city// Barcelona .: Gustavo Gili.