Applying macro urban morphology to urban design and development planning: Valletta and Floriana

Abstract

The paper examines the macro urban morphology of Valletta and Floriana, and lessons that may be drawn to inform future urban design and development planning there. The macro-morphological regions are outlined, and this sets the context for an analysis of the ways they, and the topography, plan units and the fixation lines of the fortifications, interrelate to create distinctive urban forms and spaces. This provides the context for discussion of the ways the analysis of these complexes of urban form and space could contribute to urban design and development planning more widely in practice.