Belfast·SPG005 Placemaking and Urban Design·Page 17·4.1.9
Urban form definition and characteristics
Urban form encompasses the function, shape, and three-dimensional arrangement of streets, buildings and spaces, including building scale, height, massing, street patterns, building lines, plot widths, materials, and mixed uses.
Urban form refers to the function, shape and three-dimensional pattern or arrangement of streets, buildings and spaces. It includes identifiable characteristics such as building scale, height and massing, street patterns, building lines, plot widths, palettes of materials and mixes of uses.
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