Gökçe, DuyguChen, Fei2020-04-302020-04-3020191357-48091469-9664https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2018.1468215https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/2372WOS: 000470291700010This paper investigates 'typological process', a key term in urban morphology due to its benefit to culturally-responsive urban design and place-making. The empirical identification of typological process is problematic because of researchers' subjectivity in identifying changes, and the randomness of their selection of spatial characteristics in defining types. The paper demonstrates a method for defining and analyzing typological process in the transformation process of the residential environment in Ankara since the late nineteenth century. Three degrees of transformation are identified: continuity, partial continuity and mutation. The proposed method improves consistency and objectivity in the empirical validation of typological process.en10.1080/13574809.2018.1468215info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle243469493Q1N/A