What is Urban Morphology?The answers are complex and perplexing, especially given that it is an area of knowledge still much in its formation, and experimenting with its methodologies and analytical tools. As the term suggests, Urban Morphology or Urban Morphological analysis has been frequently employed in the analysis of cities and settlements, much like a 'living' system that changes and adapts over time. However, the field's superficially 'scientific' methodologies - while often 'quantitative' in dimension - uncover urban 'fabric' characteristics that are qualitative and therefore explain urban genesis and growth in chronological time. In fact, with some innovative adjustments, Urban Morphological methods may also be used to examine landscape patterns. This is especially true when its potent (and abstract) diagrammatic representations are employed to study time, place and cultural layering.
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