Vítor Oliveira is the President of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) and the President of the Portuguese-Language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM). He is Principal Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP) and ‘Professor Auxiliar’ of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at ULP. He is Associate Editor of ‘Urban Morphology’, Advisory Editor of ‘The Urban Book Series’ (Springer) and Fouding Editor of the ‘Revista de Morfologia Urbana’ (2013-18).

• Introduction.- The elements of urban form.- The agents and processes of urban transformation.- Cities in history.- Contemporary cities.- The study of urban form: Different approaches.- From theory to practice.- Relationships with other fields of knowledge.- Conclusions.

Vítor Oliveira is the President of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) and the President of the Portuguese-Language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM). He is Principal Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP) and ‘Professor Auxiliar’ of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at ULP. He is Associate Editor of ‘Urban Morphology’, Advisory Editor of ‘The Urban Book Series’ (Springer) and Fouding Editor of the ‘Revista de Morfologia Urbana’ (2013-18).

• Introduction.- The elements of urban form.- The agents and processes of urban transformation.- Cities in history.- Contemporary cities.- The study of urban form: Different approaches.- From theory to practice.- Relationships with other fields of knowledge.- Conclusions.