The handbook of urban morphology / Karl Kropf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kropf, Karl, author.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2017.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

text file

Summary:

Conceived as a practical manual of morphological analysis, The Handbook of Urban Morphology focuses on the form, structure and evolution of human settlements – from villages to metropolitan regions. It is the first book in any language focused on specific, up-to-date ‘how-to’ guidance , with clear summaries of the central concepts, step-by-step instructions for carrying out the analysis, case studies illustrating specific applications and discussion of theoretical underpinnings tied to evidence from the field. Ideal for students as well as professionals and academics dealing with the built environment.

Contents:

Intro

The Handbook of Urban Morphology

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Contents

Introduction

DEFINITION OF URBAN MORPHOLOGY AND AIM OF THIS BOOK

PART 1 Principles

Core Concepts

PROCESS

CONFIGURATION AND TYPE

HIERARCHY

URBAN TISSUE

COMPARISON, SYNTHESIS AND THE COMPOSITE VIEW

References

Origins and Approaches

APPROACHES TO URBAN MORPHOLOGY

THE TYPO-MORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH

THE CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACH

THE HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH

THE SPATIAL ANALYTICAL APPROACH

CITY IMAGE, TOWNSCAPE, PATTERNS AND LAYERS

URBAN ECOLOGY

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE APPROACHES

THE FOCUS OF THIS HANDBOOK

Aspects of Urban Form

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

USE

GENERIC FUNCTION

MOVEMENT

OCCUPATION

SERVICING

USE PATTERNS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DRIVERS

CONTROL

BUILT FORM

THE PLACE OF SETTLEMENTS IN THE GENERIC STRUCTURE OF BUILT FORM

INFRASTRUCTURE

INTENTION

CONSTRUCTION

PERCEPTION

THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

SENSORY AGENCY

CITY IMAGE

TOWNSCAPE AND TRADITIONAL TOPOGRAPHY

NATURAL RESOURCE FLOWS

HUMAN DIRECTED AND INDUCED RESOURCE FLOWS

DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION

THE REFERENCE ASPECT

ASPECTS, DIVERSITY AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Elements

ELEMENTS

ANALYTICAL VIEWS

IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING BUILT FORM

AMBIGUITY: CO-EXTENSIVE AND INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTS

GENERIC STRUCTURE AND THE STATUS OF THE BLOCK

PART 2 Methods

The General Process of Analysis

PLACE, PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY

GENERAL TYPES OF STUDY

SCOPE

THE STUDY AREA

ARBITRARY BOUNDARIES

GIVEN BOUNDARIES

ELEMENT OR FEATURE BOUNDARIES

ASPECTS

LEVEL OF RESOLUTION

TIME FRAME

MIXED BOUNDARIES, ASPECTS, RESOLUTION AND TIME FRAME

ASSESSING THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION

INFORMATION GATHERING.

THE REFERENCE PLATFORM, DATA FORMATS AND RESOLUTION

THE WORKING SET-UP AND WORKFLOWS

PROJECT PLAN

TYPES OF ANALYSIS AND THEIR ORDER

FINAL OUTPUTS

Desktop Analysis

PLAN ANALYSIS

SOURCES OF PLAN INFORMATION

SET-UP

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND SITE

ENVIRONMENT, ADAPTATION AND LEARNING

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

NATURAL FEATURES, STOCKS AND FLOWS AS ASSETS AND CONSTRAINTS

ATTRACTORS AND LIMITS

INFLECTIONS

THE NATURAL MORPHOLOGICAL FRAME

LOCAL MATERIALS

OUTPUTS

OVERALL GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION

PLAN SEQUENCING

GROWTH IN EXTENT

INTERNAL TRANSFORMATION

PERSISTENCE

THE BUILT MORPHOLOGICAL FRAME

TRACES

TYPES OF AGENT

TYPES OF CONTROL

SOCIALLY ESTABLISHED CONTROL

THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY

PROPERTY AND TENURE

REGULATION

GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL

THE ENTITIES CONTROLLED

ROUTE STRUCTURE

ROUTES AND THE ORIGINS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

THE GENERAL PATTERN OF ROUTES AND SETTLEMENTS

PRIMARY ROUTE TYPES BY POSITION

EXTENSIVE URBAN AREAS

LOCAL ROUTE TYPES BY POSITION

SUB-SYSTEMS

ACCOUNTING FOR DIFFERENT MODES

WORKING TIPS

INTERPRETATION AND USE OF THE RESULTS

URBAN TISSUE, PLAN UNITS, CHARACTER AREAS AND GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

GENERIC TYPES, SPECIFIC TYPES AND EXAMPLES

BASIC TECHNIQUES

SUPPORTING TECHNIQUES

BACK BOUNDARIES, SHARED STREETS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRID

UNIFORM AND MIXED PATTERNS

VARIATION, RANGE AND LIMITS

CHARACTERISTIC MIX, PREDOMINANT TYPES AND EXCEPTIONS

LUMPING AND SPLITTING AND SUB-AREAS

SIMPLE AND COMPLEX TISSUE

METROLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS

LAND-COVER MAPPING AND REMOTE SENSING

TEXT DESCRIPTIONS

LINEAR MEASURES

AREA MEASURES.

INDICES AND RATIOS

ELEMENT DENSITY MEASURES

ORIENTATIONS AND INFLECTIONS

COMPONENT ELEMENTS AND THE PLOT AS THE MODULE OF URBAN TISSUE

GROUPINGS OF TYPES

USE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE

DATA SOURCES

CENTRES AND NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE

PROCESS AND OUTPUTS

CITY IMAGE, TOWNSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE NETWORK

OPEN SPACE NETWORK

Field Survey

SURVEY PLANNING AND DESIGN

RECORDING SHEETS

SAMPLING

PHOTOGRAPHY

OTHER DIGITAL AIDS

THE DETAILED COMPONENTS OF URBAN TISSUE

ACCESS, FRONTAGE AND BOUNDARY TYPES

FRONTS AND BACKS

ACCESS AND ACTIVE FRONTAGE

ACCESS POINTS

BOUNDARY LINE TYPE ANALYSIS

USE OF PLOTS

STREET SPACES AND PUBLIC REALM

BEHAVIOUR TRACES

PERCEPTUAL STRUCTURE, CITY IMAGE ELEMENTS AND TOWNSCAPE

PERCEPTUAL DESCRIPTORS

VIEWCUE

PARTICIPATION AND EVALUATION

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATION

EVALUATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Synthesis

SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE

A NOTE ON THE GENERIC FORM OF SETTLEMENTS

TYPES OF SETTLEMENT BY POSITION, OUTLINE AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE

SUCCESSIVE FRINGE FORMATION AND SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE

PLAN SEAMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

COMPOSITE CHARACTER, RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

REGIONS AND CHARACTER AREAS

ASSOCIATIONS

COMBINING AND TOGGLING PLANS

DIAGRAMS

EXPERIENTIAL VIEW

INTERACTIONS, DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION

SPATIAL INTERACTIONS

DEVELOPMENT

EVOLUTION

STOCKS AND FLOWS

INTEGRATION

COMPARISON

COMBINING LOGICAL STRUCTURES

CIRCUS AND CRESCENT

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

ALIGNMENTS AND SPACES

PART 3 Applications

Case Studies

POSSIBLE FORMS: ALLOMETRY, MORPHOSPACE AND COMBINATORICS

ALLOMETRY.

SPACEMATE

MORPHOSPACE

COMBINATORICS AND EMERGENCE

MICROCLIMATE

ENERGY USE: CITIES AND ENERGY STUDY

ACOUSTICS

LONDON

PARIS

BERLIN

ISTANBUL

FLOOR SPACE ACCESS

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND UNDERSTANDING: URBAN CHARACTERISATION OF CENTRAL HEREFORD

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INVESTIGATION: AHMEDABAD

URBAN CHARACTER AND NEIGHBOURHOODS: BRIGHTON AND HOVE URBAN CHARACTERISATION STUDY

MEASURES AND QUALITATIVE EVALUATION: MORPHO

URBAN STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS: THE ANATOMY OF SPRAWL

ROUTE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS: NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE URBAN STRUCTURE STUDY

ZONING PLANS AND REGULATIONS: RENNES AND PORTO

TISSUE STUDIES: APPRAISAL, COLLABORATION AND EDUCATION

BASIC TECHNIQUE

APPRAISAL AND DESIGN

COLLABORATION AND NEGOTIATION

EDUCATION

MASTERPLANNING AND REGENERATION: VILLA 31, BUENOS AIRES

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AS A DESIGN RESOURCE

PLOT-BASED URBANISM

THE CITY OF BATH MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY

AD HOC MODIFICATION AS A BASIS FOR DESIGN

The Medieval City

Kingsmead

Conclusion

Appendix: Sample Field Survey Record Sheet

Further Reading

Illustration Credits

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 7, 2017).

ISBN:

1-118-74773-9

1-118-74771-2

OCLC:

1005664104