How long does it take to read Site Planning?
Site Planning by Kevin Lynch takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1962. 316 pages, about 86,900 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is an introduction to the art of site planning, an exposition of its principles, and a condensed technical reference. It is meant for students and for practicing professionals ... -Pref. to the 3rd ed. An introduction summarizes the site planning process. This is followed by a case study of a typical professional project and ... material on such subjects as user analysis, programming, site planning for built places, housing tenures and their planning implications, cost estimating, mapping, the reading of air photographs, site design for housing in developing countries, design strategies, and environmental impact analyses. -Book jacket.
Subjects: Building sites, City planning, Planning, Urbanisme
