Vítor Oliveira is Professor of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at ULP and Senior Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP). He is an architect (FAUP), has a MSc in Planning and Design of the Built Environment (FAUP/FEUP), and a PhD in Planning / Civil Engineering (FEUP). He is THE PRESIDENT of the Portuguese-language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM) and A MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). He is editor of the Revista de Morfologia Urbana, a member of the editorial board of Urban Morphology and an advisory editor of The Urban Book Series (Springer).

• Foreword.- Introduction: what is urban morphology.- The importance of urban morphology as an object of study.- Learning from urban form: the link between research and practice.- Urban design as urban morphology.- Inserting urbanity in a modern environment.- For a type-morphological approach to the study of urban form: the theory and method of reading.- Applying urban morphology in the teaching of urban design studios.

Vítor Oliveira is Professor of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at ULP and Senior Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP). He is an architect (FAUP), has a MSc in Planning and Design of the Built Environment (FAUP/FEUP), and a PhD in Planning / Civil Engineering (FEUP). He is THE PRESIDENT of the Portuguese-language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM) and A MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). He is editor of the Revista de Morfologia Urbana, a member of the editorial board of Urban Morphology and an advisory editor of The Urban Book Series (Springer).

• Foreword.- Introduction: what is urban morphology.- The importance of urban morphology as an object of study.- Learning from urban form: the link between research and practice.- Urban design as urban morphology.- Inserting urbanity in a modern environment.- For a type-morphological approach to the study of urban form: the theory and method of reading.- Applying urban morphology in the teaching of urban design studios.

Vítor Oliveira is Professor of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at ULP and Senior Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP). He is an architect (FAUP), has a MSc in Planning and Design of the Built Environment (FAUP/FEUP), and a PhD in Planning / Civil Engineering (FEUP). He is THE PRESIDENT of the Portuguese-language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM) and A MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). He is editor of the Revista de Morfologia Urbana, a member of the editorial board of Urban Morphology and an advisory editor of The Urban Book Series (Springer).

• Foreword.- Introduction: what is urban morphology.- The importance of urban morphology as an object of study.- Learning from urban form: the link between research and practice.- Urban design as urban morphology.- Inserting urbanity in a modern environment.- For a type-morphological approach to the study of urban form: the theory and method of reading.- Applying urban morphology in the teaching of urban design studios.