EKISTICS Flashcards
(45 cards)
THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT
EKISTICS
THE FABRIC OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS CONSISTS OF
PHYSICAL ELEMENTS AND SERVICES
REALITIES OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
ECONOMICAL
SOCIAL
POLITICAL
TECHNICAL
AESTHETIC
was coined by Greek architect and urban planner ____________________ in ________
Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, 1942
Includes regional, city, and community planning and dwelling design. The science
EKISTICS
The principles man takes into account when building his settlements, as well as the evolution of human settlements through history in terms of size and quality.
EKISTICS
The target is to build ____________, that is, a city that respects human dimensions.
a city of optimum size
BASIC PARTS OF COMPOSITE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
HOMOGENEOUS
CIRCULATORY
CENTRAL
SPECIAL
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
BASED ON:
SIZES
-LOCATION OF SETTLEMENTS
-PHYSICAL FORMS
-FIVE ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
-FUNCTIONS
-TIME DIMENSION
-DEGREE OF SOCIETY’S CONSCIOUS INVOLVEMENT IN SETTLEMENTS
-INSTITUTIONS, LEGISLATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIONS
BASED ON SIZE
-Small and sparsely spaced (rural settlements or villages specializing in agriculture)
-Large and closely spaced (urban settlements specializing in secondary and tertiary activities)
BASED ON LOCATION SETTLEMENTS
PLAINS, MOUNTAINS, COASTAL, ETC.
FORMS AS THE EXPRESSION OF CONTENT, FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE
Based on Physical Forms-
-Reveal nature, specialization, & raison d’etreof settlements
-Based on activity (economic, social), their performance, or special role (as dormitories, retirement villages, etc.)
BASED ON FUNCTIONS
which are important to an understanding of the meaning and role of settlements.
BASED ON FUNCTIONS
age of settlements, their place in continuum (past, present, future), their relative static of dynamic character, the whole process of their growth.
Based on Time Dimension-
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
By Ekistics Units
By Ekistics Elements
By Ekistics Functions
By Evolutionary Phases
By Factors & Disciplines
BY EKISTICS UNITS: Four Basic Groups
-MINOR SHELLS OR ELEMENTARY UNITS
-MICRO-SETTLEMENTS
-MESO-SETTLEMENTS
-MACRO-SETTLEMENTS
Man(Anthropos), room, house;
MINOR SHELLS OR ELEMENTARY UNITS
units smaller than, or as small as, the traditional town where people used, do & still do achieve interconnection by walking (house group, small neighborhood):
-MICRO-SETTLEMENTS
between traditional town & conurbation within which one can commute daily (small polis, polis, small metropolis, small eperopolis, eperopolis);
-MESO-SETTLEMENTS
whose largest possible expression is the ecumenopolis
MACRO-SETTLEMENTS
Consist of 15 EkisticUnits ranging from Man to Ecumenopolisand these units turn into 4 basic groups.
EKISTIC LOGARITHMIC SCALE
Used as a basis for the measurement and classification of many dimensions in human settlements
EKISTIC LOGARITHMIC SCALE
Also used in geography and regional science
EKISTIC LOGARITHMIC SCALE
