Unit Code: URP871

Unit Name: Urban Morphology

Description: This course is fundamental concepts and components and the analytical theories and methods for describing and critically density, accessibility, diversity, landscape, place, and typology. Central to the course is giving students a deeper understanding of urban morphology as the key medium for architects engaged in urban development, but also how it interacts with and influences other fundamental urban phenomena such as public character, market segments, and ecosystems. In lectures and readings, the course presents the fundamental importance of urban space for social sustainability through for example social integration, economic sustainability through local markets, and ecological sustainability through establishing and strengthening urban ecological systems.

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Prerequisite: URP614

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1