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Morphological Regionalization

Strengthening the Conzenian Method

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Authors:
  1. Muzaffer Ali Arat

    1. Faculdade de Engenharia, Centro de Investigação do Território, Transportes e Ambiente, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

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  • Covers a framework for analyzing and designing the physical structure of cities
  • Provides a methodology (including a step-by-step description of the process) to identify morphological regions
  • Offers a scientific basis for planning, urban design, and architecture

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Muzaffer Ali Arat
    Pages 1-4

  3. Urban Morphology and the Historico-Geographical Approach

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    Pages 5-92

  4. Refining the Method of Morphological Regionalization

    • Muzaffer Ali Arat
    Pages 93-101

  5. Istanbul

    • Muzaffer Ali Arat
    Pages 103-171

  6. Antequera

    • Muzaffer Ali Arat
    Pages 173-213

  7. On the Application of the Method

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    Pages 215-227

  8. Conclusions

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    Pages 229-233

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 235-255
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About this book

This book is about how to make the method of morphological regionalization, proposed in the early 1960s, more useful and practicable for planning, urban design and architecture. This book is about cities; more precisely, about how cities can be characterized based on the main elements of urban form. It provides a systematic way of description and explanation of the historico-geographical structure of the urban landscape. It offers a step-by-step methodology for the identification of morphological regions as a key tool for planning practice and townscape management. 

The book is divided in seven parts. The first part is the introduction, motivation, research goal and objectives, and the structure of the book. The second part of the book offers an overview of urban morphology, urban morphological approaches, the concept of morphological region and its past applications worldwide. The third part is the methodological procedures for the implementation of this morphologicalapproach to cities. The fourth and fifth parts are the implementation of this methodology into two case studies, Istanbul and Antequera. The sixth part offers a discussion of results. And, finally, the seventh part is constituted by a set of conclusions.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculdade de Engenharia, Centro de Investigação do Território, Transportes e Ambiente, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Muzaffer Ali Arat

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Morphological Regionalization

  • Book Subtitle: Strengthening the Conzenian Method

  • Authors: Muzaffer Ali Arat

  • Series Title: The Urban Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33509-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33508-2Published: 02 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33511-2Due: 03 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-33509-9Published: 01 June 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2365-757X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-7588

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 255

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 83 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Design, general, Arts, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings

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