The research-practice gap: comparing planning and morphologically based proposals

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Monteiro, C (Author) Other; Paulo Pinho (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Urban Design International

ISSN: 1357-5317

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00X-3T3

DOI: 10.1057/s41289-022-00199-5

Abstract (EN): The gap between morphological knowledge and urban planning is a major problem. The absent or insufficient morphological components of most planning instruments, like municipal plans, seem to reduce planning ability to define adequate rules for urban form transformation. This paper suggests that an integrated methodology for Morphological Analysis and Prescription (MAP), which benefits from the convergence of key complementary methods-morphological regionalization, typological process, and configurational analysis-can be a powerful tool to support planning practice, enabling a structural and comprehensive understanding of urban form dynamics. The Amial area, in Oporto, Portugal, is the setting for comparing the morphological analysis and proposals of MAP and the Oporto municipal master plan (Plano Diretor Municipal), and empirically examining the robustness of MAP.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16