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 morphological approach 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.
Author(s): Muzaffer Ali Arat
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 255
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.2 Object of the Book
1.3 Structure of the Book
1.4 Research Procedures
References
2 Urban Morphology and the Historico-Geographical Approach
2.1 Urban Morphology
2.1.1 The Elements of Urban Form
2.1.2 Agents of Change
2.1.3 The Relevance of Urban Morphology
2.1.4 Different Approaches to Urban Morphology
2.2 Historico-Geographical Approach
2.2.1 The Antecedents of M. R. G. Conzen
2.2.2 M. R. G. Conzen and His Ideas
2.2.3 Axioms and Principles
2.2.4 Conzenian Concepts and Terminology
2.3 The Concept of Morphological Region and the Method of Morphological Regionalization
2.3.1 The Roots of Morphological Regionalization
2.3.2 M. R. G. Conzen’s Contributions
2.3.3 Various Terms of Morphological Region
2.3.4 The Notion of Hierarchy
2.4 Applications of the Concept of Morphological Region and the Method of Morphological Regionalization
2.4.1 Britain
2.4.2 Elsewhere in Europe
2.4.3 Asia
2.4.4 North America
2.4.5 North Africa
2.4.6 Oceania
2.4.7 Synthesis
References
3 Refining the Method of Morphological Regionalization
3.1 A Systematic Method for the Identification of Morphological Regions
3.2 Selection of Study Areas
References
4 Istanbul
4.1 Definition of the Case Study
4.2 Introduction to Istanbul
4.2.1 Environmental Aspects
4.2.2 Social Aspects
4.2.3 Economic Aspects
4.2.4 Transports
4.3 Evolution of the City
4.3.1 The City of Byzantion
4.3.2 Roman Imperial
4.3.3 East Roman Imperial
4.3.4 Mediaeval Byzantine
4.3.5 Ottoman Imperial
4.3.6 Republican Period
4.4 Morphological Regionalization
4.4.1 Fatih District—First-Order
4.4.2 Pantokrator-Porta Puteae—Second-Order
4.4.3 Pantokrator-Porta Puteae—Third-Order
4.4.4 Pantokrator-Porta Puteae—Fourth-Order
4.4.5 Synthesis
References
5 Antequera
5.1 Definition of the Case Study
5.2 Introduction to Antequera
5.2.1 Environmental Aspects
5.2.2 Social Aspects
5.2.3 Economical Aspects
5.2.4 Transports
5.3 The Evolution of the City
5.3.1 Pre-historic, Pre-Roman, and Roman Occupation
5.3.2 Evolution of the Settlement in the Urban Area of Antequera
5.4 Morphological Regionalization
5.4.1 Historical Centre—First-Order
5.4.2 Calle Infante—Second-Order
5.4.3 Calle Infante—Third-Order
5.4.4 Calle Infante—Fourth-Order
5.4.5 Synthesis
References
6 On the Application of the Method
6.1 Comparison of the Applications into Istanbul and Antequera
6.2 Comparison of Two Applications into Antequera
6.3 Contribution to the Morphological Debate
References
7 Conclusions
References
Appendix A Morphological Regions in Porto
Appendix B Characteristics of Third-Order Morphological Regions of Istanbul
Appendix C Characteristics of Fourth-Order Morphological Regions of Istanbul
Appendix D Characteristics of Third-Order Morphological Regions of Antequera
Appendix E Characteristics of Fourth-Order Morphological Regions of Antequera
