Abstract
In (The Image of the City) , Lynch documented and describes key elements in the built structure of the city that are important in the popular perception and efficient functioning of city. This research was instrumental in raising the profile of spatial thinking within planning and urban design. He aimed at producing new types of cities, socially and spatially, different from the present dynamics of urbanization. The mental picture is considered as the result of both immediate sensation as well as the memory of their past experiences; To Lynch these mental maps are consist of five main elements: paths, edges, nodes, districts and landmarks (PENDL). Lynch formulated a new criterion (imageability) and showed its value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. .One of Lynch's innovations was the concept of place legibility, which is essentially the ease with which people understand the layout of a place. By introducing this idea, Lynch was able to isolate distinct features of a city, and see what specifically is making it so vibrant, and attractive to people. Despite the emergence of other theories, the image of the city still one of the most important theories that rely on the memory of people and their past experiences. This paper proposes focus on What does the Alkhums's form actually mean to the people who live in this city ? the study determines the perception of residents in terms of urban image elements by asking people to draw the sketching the mental maps which are conducted in the city of Alkhums . By analyzing the results of this work, We will figured we would be able to watch specifically what about a city's built environment is important to the people who live there. the result described of this paper is particularly timely and relevant for urban, built environment studies and architectural design. Keywords: environments, The Image of the City, urban design, mental picture, PENDL