This course covers theories of urban morphology and urban design regarding historical, social and economic dimensions of urban planning and urban development.

This course includes teaching and learning activities such as lectures, literature seminars, project work, and supervision.

The course aims are examined by seminars and a project task. To pass the seminars (U/G) active participation is required as well as a written literature assignment. To pass the project work active participation is required and a pass for the oral, written and visual presentations. The project work is graded by G/U 3 4 5.

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Jennie Sjöholm

Abarkan, A. (2009) ‘The study of urban form in Sweden’, URBAN MORPHOLOGY, p. 121. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN258095192&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Alexander, Christopher, Ishikawa, Sara, Silverstein, Murray, Jacobson, Max, King, Ingrid F. & Angel, Shlomo (1977). A pattern language: towns, buildings, construction. New York: Oxford University Press.
Dovey, Kim (2007). Framing places [Elektronisk resurs]: mediating power in built form. 2. ed. London: Routledge.
Ersland, G. A. (2010) ‘Plot longevity and urban land tenure: a Norwegian case study’, URBAN MORPHOLOGY, p. 21. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN267957731&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Gospodini, A. (2004) ‘Urban Morphology and Place Identity in European Cities: Built Heritage and Innovative Design’, JOURNAL OF URBAN DESIGN, p. 225. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN151908779&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Jones, P. et al. (2017) ‘Urban landscapes and the atmosphere of place: Exploring subjective experience in the study of urban form’, Urban Morphology, 21(1), pp. 29–40. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edselc&AN=edselc.2-52.0-85027290839&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Larkham, P. J. and Morton, N. (2011) ‘Drawing lines on maps: morphological regions and planning practices’, URBAN MORPHOLOGY, p. 133. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN311662374&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Fainstein, Susan S. (2010). The just city [Elektronisk resurs]. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Kropf, K. (2009) ‘Aspects of urban form’, URBAN MORPHOLOGY, p. 105. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN258095180&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Kropf, K., & Malfroy, S. (2013). What is urban morphology supposed to be about. Specialization and the growth of a discipline. Urban Morphology, 17(2), 128-131.
Marshall, Stephen (2005). Streets & Patterns: The Structure of Urban Geometry [Elektronisk resurs]. Taylor & Francis Group / Books
Moudon, A. V. (no date) ‘Urban morphology as an emerging interdisciplinary field’, Urban Morphology, 1(1), pp. 3–10. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edselc&AN=edselc.2-52.0-0031411397&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Oliveira, V., Monteiro, C. and Partanen, J. (2015) ‘A comparative study of urban form’, URBAN MORPHOLOGY, p. 73. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN368557041&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Sevtsuk, A., Kalvo, R. and Ekmekci, O. (no date) ‘Pedestrian accessibility in grid layouts: The role of block, plot and street dimensions’, Urban Morphology, 20(2), pp. 89–106. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edselc&AN=edselc.2-52.0-84987897239&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).
Whitehand, J. W. R. (2009) ‘The structure of urban landscapes: strengthening research and practice’, URBAN MORPHOLOGY, p. 5. Available at: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsbl&AN=RN247736220&lang=sv&site=eds-live&scope=site (Accessed: 28 October 2021).

Reference literature
Carmona, Matthew (2021). Public places urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design. Third edition. New York: Routledge.
Hebbert, Michael (2016). “Figure-ground: history and practice of a planning technique”. Town Planning Review, 87, 705-728.
Kropf, Karl (2017). The handbook of Urban Morphology [Elektronisk resurs].
Oliveira, Vítor (2016). Urban morphology [Elektronisk resurs] an introduction to the study of the physical form of cities. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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The plan is established by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2007-01-31 and is valid from H07.

by Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies Eva Gunneriusson, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering 02 Nov 2021