Urban Morphology An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities / by Vítor Oliveira.

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...

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Main Author: Oliveira, Vítor (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:The Urban Book Series,
Springer eBook Collection.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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