Urban Morphology : An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Colección: | The Urban Book Series,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.