The urban morphology investigates settlement and urban forms. These do not change overnight
but in a process that follows certain principles. There is hardly anything more complex and
contradictory than a city. Precisely because of this complexity there is little agreement on
definitions and procedural methods. This applies in particular to urban planning which is not
only concerned with analysis but also with the design and transformation of cities. A variety
of different urban morphological approaches exist today. The authors from the areas of research
and practice investigate the relevance of the morphological perspective in the field of
contemporary urban landscapes. They link historical roots and current approaches and explain
the relationship between analysis and design.
