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UAP Planning Seminar 2010 Module 4 Urban Forms
UAP Planning Seminar 2010 Module 4 Urban Forms
URBAN FORMS
Basic Urban Form Conceptual Frameworks
Trend Extension
Radial and
Concentric Urban Form
Grid Development
Urban Patterns - Shapes
Radiocentric
Star
A large circle with
Radiocentric form with
radial corridors of
open spaces between
intense development
the outreaching
emanating from the
corridors of
center
development
Rectilinear Ring
Usually with two
corridors of intense A city built around an
development crossing open space
the center; usually
found in small cities
rather than in large
Urban Patterns - Shapes
Linear Sheet
Usually the result A vast urban area
of natural with
topography which little or no
restricts growth; articulation
may also be a
transportation
spine.
Articulated Sheet
Branch
A sheet accented by
A linear span with one or more central
connecting arms clusters and several
subclusters.
Urban Patterns - Shapes
Constellation
A series of nearly equal sized cities in
close proximity
Satellite
Constellation of cities around a main cluster
URBAN STAGES
The changing form of the city may be traced through
certain stages according to Abu-Lunghod, namely:
Medieval or pre-Industrial City 1850s
Earliest cities were closed and divided into cells on the basis of trade, religious
sect, origin or culture and relationships were primary in nature