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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

This paper addresses two main challenges: how to offer an overview on the urban form of
Portuguese cities, and how to analyse the fundamental aspects of the evolution of this …

This paper compares four different approaches to urban morphology: historico-
geographical, process typological, space syntax, and spatial analytical. It explores in …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the research field of urban morphology: the
study of urban form. Urban morphology is a growing field of cross-disciplinary research …

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

The physical form of cities has an influence on the main social, economic and environmental
aspects of our lives. The understanding of this influence depends on the availability of …