The development of sound linkages between morphological explanation and planning
prescription needs to be grounded in an assessment of current practice. Three issues in …

The gap between morphological knowledge and urban planning is a major problem. The
absent or insufficient morphological components of most planning instruments, like …

This paper assesses the 2006 Plano Director Municipal of Porto, Portugal as a contribution
to the ISUF Task Force on Research and Practice in Urban Morphology. It focuses on the …

Bringing together different approaches to understand the complex physical form of cities and
exploring the potential of this scientific knowledge for planning practice are crucial tasks for …

The acknowledgement by the ISUF Task Force of the importance of 'moving urban
morphology from the academy to the studio'(Samuels, 2013) is a notable step in advancing …

The paper addresses the main question set by ISUF, focusing on a deeper reading of the
morphological layout of urban space in modernist housing estates. We present a research …

O presente artigo apresenta uma revisão crítica da Morfologia Urbana em Portugal,
enquanto área de conhecimento. Assim promove-se uma revisão do percurso da Morfologia …

Concern has increased over recent years about the weak relationship between urban
morphological research and practice, particularly in planning and design (McGlynn and …

Comparing different approaches to urban form has been acknowledged as one of the most
important lines of research in urban morphology. This challenge has been reinforced over …

Methods of articulating the historico-geographical structure of urban landscapes are
fundamental to urban morphology and have considerable, but insufficiently recognized …