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An historico-geographical theory of urban form

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Urban morphology is the study of the physical form of cities and of the agents and processes shaping its transformation over time. One of the most prominent approaches in the urban morphological debate is the historico-geographical approach. While the core of this approach is based on the seminal work that MRG Conzen developed after the late 1950s, it was JWR Whitehand who, mainly after the late 1970s, started structuring an innovative school of urban morphological thought grounded on that invaluable basis. Over the last decades, Whitehand has been a key contributor to the definition of urban morphology as a field of knowledge and, within it, to the establishment of the historico-geographical approach, proposing and refining a number of morphological theories, concepts and methods.

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  • Vítor Oliveira, 2019. "An historico-geographical theory of urban form," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(4), pages 412-432, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:12:y:2019:i:4:p:412-432
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2019.1626266
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