Medieval Economy and Society

Abstract

Of recent geographical papers on the internal structure of the city, about 12 per cent are on morphology ( Whitehand, 1986 ). For a subject that includes the town plan, building form, and the pattern of land and building utilisation, this is a modest share of the research literature. It should be seen in the light of the fact that in the English-speaking world urban morphology is poorly integrated into urban geography as a whole, finding a home in a rather different set of academic journals than mainstream social and economic aspects of urban geography ( Whitehand, 1986 ). It belongs as much to historical geography as to urban geography; a fact that reflects the longevity of the urban landscape that is the urban morphologist's object of study.

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