Urban morphological analysis framework for conservation planning and management
A closer look on scientific research and professional practice concerning on the planning and management of historic towns significantly reveals the absence of integrated approaches for urban morphological analysis as a diagnostic tool to interpret the evolutionary process of its physical form. S...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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Malaysian Institute of Planners
2018
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| Summary: | A closer look on scientific research and professional practice concerning on the
planning and management of historic towns significantly reveals the absence of
integrated approaches for urban morphological analysis as a diagnostic tool to
interpret the evolutionary process of its physical form. Such circumstances have
influenced the transformation of urban fabric which eventually contributed to
fragmented urban landscape. This study aims to provide a unifying conceptual
framework represented by morphological aspects of city block as spatial units.
Through a conceptual comparative approach, the framework draws upon a typomorphological
approach that integrates the process typological approach and
historico-geographical approach. The findings revealed that there were three
main phases in construing the framework. Firstly, the pertinent basis of urban
analysis can be delineated at the typological scale of city (citta); representing by
building typology at its most basic level. Consequently, to establish the
interrelationship between elements of urban form, the most relevant level of
resolution is on the taxonomy of sertum (block) and textus (plot series);
emphasizing the representation of urban block as spatial unit. In the final phase,
the inherited spatial structure of the town is unveiled according to four process of
morphological region. The framework developed will ensure a clear urban form
which is necessary for technical functioning and visual legibility for conservation
of Early Malay town. |
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