Sustainable Mediterranean Urban Development Affordable to All, a Morphological Approach

By 2030 the Mediterranean cities will count 100 million new inhabitants. This new urbanization will be mostly informal and in the Southern part of the Mediterranean region. Moreover, it will have to meet with the challenge of sustainable development and with a more and more arid climatic situation due to Global Warming. On the other hand, the Mediterranean region presents a huge potential for solar energy and has a long tradition of bioclimatic urbanism. To cope with those challenges and to seize these opportunities we propose to analyze urban morphology, which is an influential factor on the energy performance and livability of a city. We will question what lessons are to be learned from traditional vernacular dwellings.