Urban Morphology An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities /

• Main Author: Oliveira, Vítor (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: The Urban Book Series,
• Subjects: Geography.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Urban geography.; Sustainable development.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Sustainable Development.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This is a book about cities or, more precisely, about the physical form of cities. It starts presenting the main elements of urban form – streets, urban blocks, plots and buildings – structuring our cities and the fundamental actors and processes of transformation shaping these elements. It then app...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Motivation
• Object of study
• Structure of the book
• The elements of urban form
• The concept of urban tissue
• The natural context
• The street system
• The plot system
• The building system
• Other elements
• The actors and processes of urban transformation
• Actors responsible for urban transformation
• Processes of urban transformation
• The city in history
• The Greek City
• The Roman city
• The Medieval city
• The Renaissance city
• The Baroque city
• The nineteenth century city
• The cities of the twentieth century
• The contemporary city
• New York
• Rome
• Sana’a
• The study of urban form: different approaches
• Classics in urban morphology
• Different morphological approaches
• Comparative studies of urban form
• From theory to practice
• Urban morphology and planning
• Urban morphology, building typology and architecture
• Relationships with other fields of knowledge
• Urban morphology and society
• Urban morphology and economy
• Urban form and energy
• Conclusions.