Tradycyjne szkoły urbomorfologii a nowe podejścia do analizy miejskich form przestrzennych
Traditional Schools of Urban Morphology and the New Approaches to the Analysis of Urban Forms

Summary/Abstract: This article is based on review of the most important, traditional as well as the most recent, trends in studies of urban morphology. It provides a comparative synthesis of the major European schools of urban morphology, developed in the field of geography and architecture. For this purpose, it traces the development of morphological studies derived from three distinct traditions: German, British and Italian, and compare them with modern techniques of analysis of urban spatial forms, with particular emphasis on space syntax. Through the presentation of different theoretical and methodological approaches to urban structures the article aims to demonstrate the differences in the focus of morphological studies conducted in different areas of research. At the same time it accentuate their complementary potential.

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