AM_The Use of Morphological Description in Neighbourhood Planning.pdf (5.11 MB)
The use of morphological description in neighbourhood planning: Form-based assessment of physical character and design rules
journal contribution
posted on 2020-09-29, 13:56 authored by Falli Palaiologou, Taimaz LarimianTaimaz Larimian, Laura VaughanDespite ongoing efforts to encourage the use of urban morphology tools into current practice, uptake remains limited. Shortcomings are largely attributed to time and resource intensive methods of historical settlement transformation study. However, developments in quantitative morphological approaches offer new possibilities for efficiency and easier adoption of research tools in practice. This paper proposes the use of typo-morphology methods to inform the adoption of form-based design guidance in neighbourhood master plans. The aim of the study is to develop a comprehensive yet flexible method for form-based character assessment (FBCA) of residential streets. The resulting FBCA classification identifies streets where compliance with form-based design rules could be tightened. The FBCA method is empirically tested in the context of the local neighbourhood plan for Radlett, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, offering reflections from practice on the usefulness and limitations of the method.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Journal of Urbanism: international research on placemaking and urban sustainabilityVolume
14Issue
4Pages
490-514Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Taylor and FrancisPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Urbanism on 21 Oct 2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2020.1834434Acceptance date
2020-09-21Publication date
2020-10-21Copyright date
2020ISSN
1754-9175eISSN
1754-9183Publisher version
Language
- en