SDP420 Urban Morphology, an interdisciplinary approach to studies in urban planning and development
Credits (ECTS):5
Course responsible:Marius Grønning
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk, engelsk
Limits of class size:There must be a minimum of 10 PhD candidates enrolled in order that the course be run and a maximum of 20 participants
Course frequency:The course is offered in the spring 2027, and every third year after this.
Nominal workload:125 hours
Teaching and exam period: January, spring and June block 2027: Week 3: Module 1 (January) Week 10: Module 2 (March) Week 17: Preliminary hand in paper Week 21: Hand in paper Week 25: Module 3 / paper presentations
About this course
Urban Morphology is the study of the physical (or built) fabric of cities, and the people and processes shaping it. It is a theoretical framework for describing and explaining spatial structure in built up areas. Planning contexts may be assessed as form, and thus transformation; spatial structures and processes in which planners, architects and developers interact.
Learning outcome
The course gives both a theoretical and practical insight in how urban morphology as an interdisciplinary approach can contribute to research in spatial development and planning in built up areas. The overall aim is to cope with the complexity of spatial structure of human settlements through the perspective of urban form and to present frameworks for mapping, describing and explaining spatial structure and transformation.
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