Forms and dynamics of suburban landscapes

Abstract

Considering landscape not only as a set and combination of typo-morphological elements, but especially the relational dynamics between these elements and its underlying logics, our aim is to analyse what kind of typo-morphological elements are at work, the relations between them and the role that urban morphological parameters set in the regulations and plans have in suburban landscape composition and configuration. To shed light on these issues, we tried to identify which basic elements define suburban forms, their specificities, dynamics and relational attributes. We analysed land uses and parameters defined in line with the construction of suburban fabrics resulting from urban development operations, mainly private allotments, designed and built in the last decades and located in the metropolitan area of Lisbon (AML).

Keywords: urban parameters, urban planning, suburban form, suburban landscape.