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

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Oliveira, Vítor

 
9783319811925: Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities (The Urban Book Series)
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ISBN 10: 3319811924 ISBN 13: 9783319811925
Editorial: Springer, 2018

Sinopsis

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.

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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”.

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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.

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Springer
Año de publicación
2018
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ISBN 10 
3319811924
ISBN 13 
9783319811925
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ISBN 10:  3319320815 ISBN 13:  9783319320816
Editorial: Springer, 2016
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