J.W.R. Whitehand and the Historico-geographical Approach to Urban Morphology

Over recent decades, the historico-geographical approach to urban morphology has been prominent in the debate on the physical form of our cities and on the agents and processes shaping that form over time. With origins in the work of the geographer M.R.G. Conzen, this approach has been systematicall...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Oliveira, Vítor (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:The Urban Book Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • An Introduction to the Work of JWR Whitehand
  • Urban Morphological Regions: Development of an Idea
  • Fringe Belts
  • Agents and Agency in the Urban Landscape
  • Rigour and Comparison in Urban Morphology: Through the lens of JWR Whitehand. Research and Practice
  • Ivor Samuels
  • JWR Whitehand: 50 Years of Urban Morphological Research