Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities (The Urban Book Series)

Oliveira, Vítor

ISBN 10: 3319811924 / ISBN 13: 9783319811925

Published by Springer, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities (The Urban Book Series)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319811924
• ISBN 13: 9783319811925
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 applies this analytical framework to describe the evolution of cities over history as well as to explain the functioning of contemporary cities. After the initial focus on the ‘object’ (cities) the book describes how different researchers and different schools of thought have been dealing with this object since the emergence of Urban Morphology, as the science of urban form, in the turning to the twentieth century. Finally, the book tries to identify what are the most important (and specific) contributions that Urban Morphology has to offer to contemporary cities, societies and economies.

About the Author

Vítor Oliveira is Professor of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at Lusofona University of Porto, Portugal, and Senior Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment at University of Porto, Portugal. He is an architect and has a MSc in Planning and Design of the Built Environment and a PhD in Planning and Civil Engineering. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Portuguese-language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM) and of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). He is editor of the journal “Revista de Morfologia Urbana” and a member of the editorial board of the journal “Urban Morphology”.