The social structure of a city may be inferred from the morphology and arrangement of green areas. Drawing on a 1892 map of Porto (Portugal), typological and spatial contexts of its green structure were delineated: i) the walled medieval city core; ii) the outer-wall expansion area (18th-19th cs.); iii) a peripheral rural belt, where 20th c. urban growth occurred. The modernization of the city is therefore rela...
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