Abstract
This article aims to explore the Hungarian and foreign urban morphological studies as a basis for possible new investigation methods that can follow or innovate the existing methodologies. For this reason, the exploration of the currently known models is essential. The "classical" morphological studies dealt with the structural shapes, historical elements, and changes of the settlements, based mainly on empirical and manual research. In the 1980s, new "modern" research methods emerged with the help of computer software, statistical data and Geographical Information Systems, representing a quantitative approach. Today inter- and multidisciplinary morphological studies are also widespread, combining several areas like ecology, sociology or sustainability with urban studies providing new research directions.
Highlights
The concept of urban morphology is widely known and applied in several disciplines; precisely for this reason, its interpretation and framework vary greatly
Urban morphology can be the field of societal research and its spatial connections, the appearance and relationship of certain landscape, geographical, ecological and built elements, or even the presence and impact of tourism
3.1.2 Research methods If we examine the early urban morphological studies from the point of view of each investigation methodology, it can be said that two types of research method were typical, as shown in Fig. 3: 1. the typology, which dealt with the exploration and systematisation of individual architectural products, and with the relationship between these elements and the historic urban structure, 2. and the character research, which examined the characteristics of each typology in different eras, incorporating the fact of temporality (Kissfazekas and Gurdon, 2014)
Summary
The concept of urban morphology is widely known and applied in several disciplines; precisely for this reason, its interpretation and framework vary greatly. Urban morphology can be the field of societal research and its spatial connections, the appearance and relationship of certain landscape, geographical, ecological and built elements, or even the presence and impact of tourism. This review study aims to systematise the different theoretical backgrounds, methods, and tools of urban morphology studies both internationally and in Hungary to provide a basic overview supporting future research. The different professional and conceptual directions relate to the field of morphology within their own interpretive framework. This article aims not to describe urban morphological research and its directions but to find common ground and compile an overview system
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