Table of contents

Editorial comment

S. Satoh Urban morphology in Japan: researching castle towns

J. Hasegawa The reconstruction of bombed cities in Japan after the Second World War

R. L. Rego and K. S. Meneguetti British urban form in twentieth-century Brazil

L. Kealy and A. Simms The study of urban form in Ireland

Viewpoints

E. Ducom The implications of urban contraction: the Japanese case

T. Hall Bridging the gap: applying urban morphology to successful planning practice

I. Samuels Typomorphology and urban design practice

Reports

K. Gu Beijing Forum 2007

S. M. Whitehand Workshop on City History and Multi-scale Spatial Masterplanning

J. W. R. Whitehand Fourteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Ouro Preto

S. M. Whitehand ISUF business meetings, Ouro Preto, 2007

E. Erten Visual planning and urbanism, Newcastle upon Tyne

Book reviews

S. Marshall (2005) Streets and patterns P. J. Larkham

P. Whitfield (2006) London: a life in maps I. Morley

J. R. Gold (2007) The practice of modernism A. While

Book notes

Notes and notices

Urban growth without sprawl

Post-war reconstruction in the UK

ArchNet International Journal of Architectural Research

ISUF 2009: Urban morphology and urban transformation

Heritage Regeneration International

Institut der Stadtbaukunst

Ninth International Conference on Urban History

Buildings & Landscapes: call for articles