Tadahiko Higuchi
The Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes.
The MIT Press, 1983. First edition. Translation by Charles S. Terry. 0262081202 ix/218 pages.
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 7.5" x 10.5", is bound in blue cloth, with stamped white lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright.
"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."