Table of contents

Editorial comment

J. Cooper Fractal assessment of street-level skylines: a possible means of assessing and comparing character

M. Kirjakka The concept of the ideal city: the case of Finnish orthogonal towns

E. Ehlers Review article: Cultural identity and the city

Viewpoints

E. Ducom Fringe belts and planning: a French example

J. Nasr Morphology of disaster

J.M. Diefendorf At ground level

P.J. Larkham Post-catastrophe reconstruction

J. Gilliland It's about time

Reports

J. Komisar Tenth ISUF Conference, Trani, 2004

K.S. Kropf ISUF Council meetings 2003

P.J. Larkham General meeting of ISUF

P.M. Hess International Urban Form Workshop, Seoul

J.R. Gold The rebuilding of British cities

Book reviews

C. Bellet Sanfeliu H. Capel Sáez (2002) La morfología de las ciudades

S.-D. Chang K. Larsen and A. Sindling-Larsen (2001) The Lhasa atlas

L. Corvaja J. Sousa Morais (2001) Maputo

U. Fischer K. Humpert and M. Schenk (2001) Entdeckung der mittelalterlichen Stadtplanung

G. Fehl J. Düwel and N. Gutschow (2001) Städtebau in Deutschland im 20. Jahrhundert

P.R. Gaubatz Y. Xu (2000) The Chinese city in space and time

A.- S. Clémencon L.K. Morisset (2001) La mémoire du paysage

P. Pinon R. Chevallier (2000) Lecture du temps dans l'espace

K.D. Lilley J.D. Tracy (ed.) (2000) City walls

K. Reyerson K.D. Lilley (2002) Urban life in the Middle Ages

I. Samuels G. Cataldi and R. Corona (2002) Logge e / y lonjas

W. Zelinsky J.F. Meyer (2001) Myths in stone

N. Christie R. Alston (2002) The city in Roman and Byzantine Egypt

P. Jones J.H. Lü, P.G. Rowe and J. Zhang (eds) (2001) Modern urban housing in China

H. Heineberg E. Raith (2000) Stadtmorphologie

Notes and notices

Joan Vilagrasa Ibarz

Caniggia Seminar

Historical Atlas of Vienna

The Planned City?

ISUF 2004