1998 Volume 2.1
Editorial comment
Il faut tourner la page
Articles
Urban Morphology and computers
E. Koster {+}Abstract [Full paper, PDF]
ABSTRACT: The use of image processing and GIS in urban morphology research in the Department of Art and Architectural History in Groningen University is described. Attention is focused on a research project on the development of the town plan of the city of Groningen since the early seventeenth century. The potential of the computer is demonstrated, not only for the comparison of historical plans but also for visualizaton and analysis.
Urban form and innovation: the case of Cologne
G. Curdes {+}Abstract [Full paper, PDF]
ABSTRACT: The physical form of Cologne is examined, principally during the period 1840-1990. The present built-up area is still orientated in relation to the central crossing place in Roman times of the cardo and decumanus. In recent decades the effects on the city core of traffic planning projects have diminished. The macro-spatial structure of the city appears to be largely independent of the aims and actions of individual generations of decision makers.
The study of urban form in Spain
J. Vilagrasa Ibarz {+}Abstract [Full paper, PDF]
ABSTRACT: This paper traces the history of the study of urban form in Spain, paying special attention to the work of geographers. A periodization is established in which Spanish contributions are related to the growth of towns, urban innovations and foreign intellectual influences. The first period lasted from the second half of the nineteenth century to the Civil War (1936-39) and preceded the emergence of academic lines of investigation. The second period lasted from the Civil War until the early 1970s, years of great urban growth with little consideration for the historic past of the town. The 1970s were a decade of reorientation. Many important foreign contributions were assimilated, especially those derived from French urban sociology, Anglo-Saxon urban geography, and Italian architecture and urban history. Since the early 1980s a more interdisciplinary perspective has emerged. The most important long-term change has been the development away from an initial dependence on French research to a greater acceptance of other foreign ideas. The study of urban form has become established as an important field among Spanish scholars.
Viewpoints
Facing up to evolution K.S. Kropf
On the question of organicist metaphors S. Malfroy
The history of urban morphology I. Samuels
Camillo Sitte and urban design in the twenty-first century J. Tatom
ISUF and urban morphology: a japanese view S. Asano
The role of history in Conzen's and Caniggia's approaches to urban morphology N. Marzot
Reports
Assessment and prospect: President's Report A.V. Moudon
General Meeting of ISUF
The historic town centre at the end of the twentieth century: a European perspective I. Samuels
The contextual groundplan survey of medieval Zürich M. Peters and R. Becht
The courtyard house in the urban fabric K.S. Kropf
Space syntax: first international symposium M.D. Major
ISUF 1997 J. Nasr
Setting new agendas for urban morphology? S. Marshall and R. Mabbitt
Urban morphology exposed K. Arntz
Fifth Annual Conference of CISPUT G. Cataldi
Book reviews
M. Roncayolo (1996) Les grammaires d'une ville (1996) Marseille M. Darin
G. Curdes and M. Ulrich (1997) Die Entwicklung des Kölner Stadtraumes H. Meynen
B. Hillier (1996) Space is the machine K.S. Kropf
Notes and notices
- GIS and image processing in urban morphology
- The city after Patrick Geddes
- The twentieth century planning experience
- Ville Recherche Diffusion
- International Planning History Society
- Cities in Europe
- ISUF 1999