Table of contents

Editorial comment

P. Osmond The urban structural unit: towards a descriptive framework to support urban analysis and planning

G. A. Ersland Plot longevity and urban land tenure: a Norwegian case study

A. S. Kubat The study of urban form in Turkey

I. Samuels Review article: Palladio’s children ... and Vitruvius’s grandchildren?

Viewpoints

M. P. Conzen The elusive common denominator in understanding urban form

N. Marzot The form-making process and architectural type

I. Morley A new lens to illuminate and elucidate urban form?

A. Krim A traditional English street village in America

Reports

T. R. Slater Représenter la ville: international colloquium, Bordeaux, 2009

D. O’Connell Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Guangzhou, 2009

S. M. Whitehand ISUF business meetings, Guangzhou, 2009

Book reviews

V. Del Rio and W. Siembieda (eds) (2009) Contemporary urbanism in Brazil: beyond Brasilia S. de A. Pereira Costa

J. Monclús (2009) International exhibitions and urbanism: the Zaragoza Expo 2008 project C. Bellet

T. Hall (2007) Turning a town around: a proactive approach to urban design R. Fischler

M. Tang and D. Yang (2008) Urban paleontology: evolution of urban forms O. Çaliskan and M. Fakültesi

C. P. Graves Jr (2008) The genealogy of cities M. P. Conzen

Book notes

Notes and notices

Historic urban landscapes

Sustainable cities?

ISUF 2011: Urban morphology and the post-carbon city

Election to the Council of ISUF

Seventeenth International Seminar on Urban Form

Meeting of the Council of ISUF

Fourteenth International Planning History Society Conference

Space is luxury

Revisiting New towns of the Middle Ages

Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Forthcoming articles in Urban Morphology