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 …

In 1965, the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander published a landmark
theoretical critique of modern urban design, and by extension, modern design in general …

The urban form resilience is a subset of urban resilience discourse, including various social,
economic, and environmental aspects. Urban fabrics lacking a resilient place, as the base of …

Urban Morphometrics (UMM) is an expanding area of urban studies that aims at
representing and measuring objectively the physical form of cities to support evidence …

The sheer complexity and unpredictability characterising cities challenges the adequacy of
existing disciplinary knowledge and tools in urban design and highlights the necessity to …

Plots are hypothesised as the most influential determinant of urban form evolution yet
remain understudied. Existing morphological studies exploring plots' influential role lack …

Recent studies have highlighted the importance of urban design and planning strategies
that trigger the formation of diverse and intricate urban areas that have the capacity to adapt …

The spatial dimension of property is underexamined in the planning literature. Above all,
and surprisingly, this dimension is underestimated in the debate on complex self-organising …

The need for a human-orientated approach to urbanism is well understood, and yet all too
often this dimension remains lacking in urban design. In this book the authors argue for and …

This chapter deals with those aspects of the design of cities that have been shown to affect
quality of life. Whilst direct causal relationships between physical space and well-being are …