History of ISUF and the study of Urban Form

Below you will find a selection of articles on the history of ISUF and the study of urban form from different countries and schools. These articles were all published in 'Urban Morphology' the journal of the International Seminar on Urban Form. To read them you will need Acrobat Reader, or any other program that is able to read PDF files to view the articles. Please note that the printing option will be disabled. Back issues can be ordered from the Editor of the Journal.

ISUF's History

• A.V.Moudon, Urban Morphology as an emerging interdisciplinary field (1997)

History of the study of urban form in different countries

• J.Vilagrasa Ibarz, The study of urban form in Spain (1998)
• M.Darin, The study of urban form in France (1998)
• M.P.Conzen, The study of urban form in the United States (2001)
• N.Marzot, The study of urban form in Italy (2002)
• B.Hofmeister, The study of urban form in Germany (2004)
• A. Siksna, The study of urban form in Australia (2006)
• P.J. Larkham, The study of urban form in Great Britain (2006)
• J. Gilliland and P. Gauthier, The study of urban form in Canada (2006)
• L. Kealy and A. Simms, The study of urban form in Ireland (2008)

History of the different "schools"

• J.W.R. Whitehand, British urban morphology: the Conzenian tradition (2001)
• G. Cataldi, G.L.Maffei and P. Vaccaro, Saverio Muratori and the Italian school of planning typology (2002)
• H. Heineberg, German geographical urban morphology in an international and interdisciplinary framework (2007)