The prize, awarded by the International Seminar on Urban Form every two years, identifies the best recent PhD thesis in Urban Morphology. The evaluation of proposals is based on the work’s innovation, quality and rigour – three of the central characteristics of J. W. R. Whitehand’s own work in the study of urban form. Theses…
The International Seminar on Urban Form / ISUF offers two grants to support participation with paper presentation in its 2026 annual conference in Santiago de Chile. These grants are intended for researchers who are both originally from, and currently based in, Least Developed Countries / LDC. The United Nations list of LDCs is available at:…
After addressing the three-decade history of ISUF, the book analyses the present and future of this scientific society, of urban morphology, and of human settlements. This timely and fundamental reflection gathers contributions from present and past leadership of ISUF since its inception in 1994: A. Vernez Moudon, M. Barke, T. Unlu, M.P. Conzen, S. Whitehand,…