J.W.R. Whitehand and the Historico-geographical Approach to Urban Morphology

Vítor Oliveira is a Professor of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at the ULP and a Senior Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP). He is an architect (FAUP) and holds both an MSc in Planning and Design of the Built Environment (FAUP/FEUP) and a PhD in Planning / Civil Engineering (FEUP). He is President of the Portuguese-language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM) and Secretary General of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). He is editor of the Revista de Morfologia Urbana, a member of the editorial board of Urban Morphology and an advisory editor of The Urban Book Series (Springer).

• An Introduction to the Work of JWR Whitehand.- Urban Morphological Regions: Development of an Idea.- Fringe Belts.- Agents and Agency in the Urban Landscape.- Rigour and Comparison in Urban Morphology: Through the lens of JWR Whitehand. Research and Practice.- Ivor Samuels.- JWR Whitehand: 50 Years of Urban Morphological Research.

“This book offers an excellent introduction to the work and thinking of one of the most prominent urban morphologists. … This reader is certainly looking forward to his future contributions.” (Pierre Gauthier, Urban Morphology, Vol. 23 (2), 2019)