{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-urban-morphology-isbn-9781118747698","title":"The Handbook of Urban Morphology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Handbook of Urban Morphology\u003cbr\u003e Karl Kropf\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban morphology is a core discipline for both academic research and professional practice in a range of fields including urban design, architecture, planning, geography, archaeology and anthropology. It plays a central role in improving our understanding of the built environment as a diverse, complex structure that is the product of ongoing social processes and serves as our own habitat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceived as a practical manual of morphological analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Urban Morphology\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one place the core concepts and principles of the discipline; specific, up-to-date guidance on analytical methods with clear step-by-step instructions and case studies demonstrating specific applications in research and professional practice. Illustrative material includes examples from Iran, China, Turkey, Brazil, France, Italy, the UK and the US, with case studies covering applications in theoretical morphology, environmental performance, historical characterisation, socio-cultural investigations, planning and design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result lays the foundation for taking forward and reconciling what might seem to be different views of urban form. It provides a common basis for seeing the built environment as a quasi-natural, emergent phenomenon, the material and medium of urban design, a repository of embodied ideas and the cultural expression of the societies that produce it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlowing down the normative impulse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Part 1 – Principles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 1 Core Concepts 16 2 Origins and Approaches 20 3 Aspects of Urban Form 38 4 Minimum Elements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e48 Part 2 – Methods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 5 The General Process of Analysis 58 6 Desktop Analysis 116 7 Field Survey 132 8 Synthesis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e174 Part 3 – Applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e176 9 Case Studies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e230 Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e232 Appendix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e234 Further Reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e236 Illustration Credits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e237 Index\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Kropf\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of urban design consultancy Built Form Resource and Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. He has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of urban design, landscape architecture, architecture and historic conservation, working in the UK, France and the US. He combines academic research in urban morphology and practice in urban design with the aim of using insights from one to improve the other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990255124709,"sku":"NP9781118747698","price":82.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118747698.jpg?v=1761787084","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-handbook-of-urban-morphology-isbn-9781118747698","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}