Dr. Mostafa Behzadfar Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 2008-5079 14 35 2021 08 23 Reflection on Quantitative and Qualitative Methods of Urban Form-Morphological Studies (Approaches and Techniques); Case Study: Historical Texture of Khorramabad Reflection on Quantitative and Qualitative Methods of Urban Form-Morphological Studies (Approaches and Techniques); Case Study: Historical Texture of Khorramabad 223 238 135478 10.22034/aaud.2020.210486.2055 FA Pantea Alipour Kouhi Ph.D. Student of Urban Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Art, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Zahra Sadat Saeideh Zarabadi Associate Professor of Urbanism, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Art, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Hamid Majedi Professor of Urbanism, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Art, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2019 12 04 Comprehensive recognition of urban form will be an effective step in success of developing new urban plans. Since urban form-morphological analysis provides a more comprehensive view of the city for endogenous and exogenous urban development plans, the present study aims to review the studies on urban form, and classify them in terms of quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as to introduce their approaches and techniques. Therefore, a comprehensive classification of quantitative and qualitative studies on urban morphology, approaches and analysis techniques is presented by examining the intellectual evolution of theorists and emphasizing the theoretical foundations of recent scientists such as Moudon, Olivier, and Kropf. Then, in the conceptual framework of the research, which is developed based on the studies reviewed, the constructive elements are introduced and the constructive urban form-morphology relations are analyzed. Despite some historical monuments and its high potential to become a tourism-historical hub of the city, the Darb-e Babataher Neighborhood, located in the historical core of Khorramabad, faces a lack of attention to its physical-spatial values and qualities. The present study is applied research carried out using the mixed (quantitative and qualitative) method. The qualitative methods applied in the present study are exploratory studies and directed content analysis. This research extracts cognitive tools and analytical methods by classifying the urban form-morphological study approaches, presenting techniques appropriate to each approach and analyzing the content of its ideas. The Urban Network Analysis (UNA) technique is used to analyze the case study and investigate the mobility in it using five «reach, gravity, betweenness, closeness, and straightness» functions in network analysis. Findings indicate that based on respect for the valuable space remained from the past, the character of urban neighborhoods in historical textures can be strengthened and consolidated by combining complementary design, endogenous development, and adaptive design while preserving the morphological elements and the main characteristics of the texture. Comprehensive recognition of urban form will be an effective step in success of developing new urban plans. Since urban form-morphological analysis provides a more comprehensive view of the city for endogenous and exogenous urban development plans, the present study aims to review the studies on urban form, and classify them in terms of quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as to introduce their approaches and techniques. Therefore, a comprehensive classification of quantitative and qualitative studies on urban morphology, approaches and analysis techniques is presented by examining the intellectual evolution of theorists and emphasizing the theoretical foundations of recent scientists such as Moudon, Olivier, and Kropf. Then, in the conceptual framework of the research, which is developed based on the studies reviewed, the constructive elements are introduced and the constructive urban form-morphology relations are analyzed. Despite some historical monuments and its high potential to become a tourism-historical hub of the city, the Darb-e Babataher Neighborhood, located in the historical core of Khorramabad, faces a lack of attention to its physical-spatial values and qualities. The present study is applied research carried out using the mixed (quantitative and qualitative) method. The qualitative methods applied in the present study are exploratory studies and directed content analysis. This research extracts cognitive tools and analytical methods by classifying the urban form-morphological study approaches, presenting techniques appropriate to each approach and analyzing the content of its ideas. The Urban Network Analysis (UNA) technique is used to analyze the case study and investigate the mobility in it using five «reach, gravity, betweenness, closeness, and straightness» functions in network analysis. Findings indicate that based on respect for the valuable space remained from the past, the character of urban neighborhoods in historical textures can be strengthened and consolidated by combining complementary design, endogenous development, and adaptive design while preserving the morphological elements and the main characteristics of the texture. https://www.armanshahrjournal.com/article_135478_476e0c8c7ff9bc759b64a9c00c642ea1.pdf