To all group members,
The following are details of a conference to be held next year by the UMRG in the School of Geography at Birmingham University. A constantly updated version may be found on the umrg's internet site at:
http://www.bham.ac.uk/geography/umrg
Cheers!
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The Fourth International
Seminar on Urban Form
18-21 July 1997
University of Birmingham, England
Extending over four days, this inter-disciplinary conference will cover a wide range of aspects of the physical form of cities. Participants will mostly be architects, geographers, planners, historians and urban designers. The programme will include
Themes on which it is hoped discussion will focus include:
Property and form in contemporary and historical towns:
A fundamental issue in urban morphology is the interpretation of cartographic sources for morphological analysis. To what exactly do plans refer? Do the lines interpreted as a 'plot' represent a property boundary or a physical entity on the ground?
Groups and individuals: addressing the issue of multiculturalism:
Is there a fundamental conflict between the desire to identify phenomena or concepts of general application and the desire ot allow for different views, 'naratives' and 'histories' of the urban environment? Do the concepts of morphogenesis and the top
Culture, morphogenesis and comparative study:
Conzen suggests that comparative study of the morphogenesis of towns is one of the primary routes to a better understanding of towns in general. Little work has been done of an explicitly comparative nature. Regardless, we must begin somewhere, most
Terminology and communication:
Apparent similarities in the methods of the different groups falling within the broad definitions of urban morphology and building typology hide a number of deep rooted differences in basic conceptions. What are those differences and are they insuper
The conference is organised by the Urban Morphology Research Group (UMRG) on behalf of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF), and the RGS-IGB Urban Geography (UGRG) and Historical Geography Research Groups (HGRG). Abstracts of proposed papers
Professor JWR Whitehand
Urban Morphology Research Group
School of Geography
University of Birmingham
B15 2TT
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http://www.bham.ac.uk/geography/umrg
from whom further information may also be obtained.
If you are interested in attending the conference or submitting a paper, please register with our internet page update minder service:
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This information was last updated on 4/6/96.
Simon Marshall
Urban Morphology Research Group
School of Geography
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
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Phone: 0121 414 5682
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http://www.bham.ac.uk/geography/umrg
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