Abstract
Urban morphology is a knowledge which its importance of it has been neglected a lot. The usages of this knowledge in urban planning are numerous, for example in energy, justice, general health and heritage. This paper will emphasize on the usage of urban morphology on heritage and tourism. Actually, by surveying the four elements of urban form (Natural context, streets system, plots system, buildings system) we can study the morphology of the historic city in the best way. It should be said that streets system, plots system, buildings system obeyed from the natural context and its features. Natural context consists of many elements such as topography, climate and water and so on which each city has its own features. All of these natural features effect on the other three elements of urban form that in surveying the case study it will be described. The case study of this paper is Qazvin city in Iran. This historical city has been located nearly in north of Iran and is a dry city with mild weather. This city has some individual features which by surveying them we can fine some principles about traditional urban planning of cities of Iran. In this study I will show that by surveying the four elements of the historic area of this city we can know it more comprehensively and completely.
