EKISTICS Flashcards
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*Greek Architect and Town planner
*Known as the lead architect of Islamabad
*Father of Ekistics
*Ekistics was coined by
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis
as a science of human settlement and outlined its scope, aims, intellectual framework and relevance.
Ekistics
The target is to build the ____ , that is, a city which respects human dimensions.
city of optimum size
aims to encompass all scales of human habitation and seeks to learn from the archaeological and historical record by looking not only at great cities, but, as much as possible, at the total settlement pattern.
Ekistics
BASIC PARTS OF COMPOSITE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- Homogeneous parts-fields
- Central parts-built-up villages
- Circulatory parts-roads & paths within the fields
- Special parts
Classification of human settlements
- Sizes
- Location of Settlements
- Physical Forms
- Five Elements of Human Settlements
- Functions
- Time Dimension
- Degree of society’s conscious involvement in settlements creation
- Institutions, legislations and administrations
Settlements type
- Conurbation
- City
- Large town
- Small town
- Village
- Hamlet
- Isolated dwelling
a super city consisting of multiple cities and towns. The population is usually several million.
Conurbation
a city with a large population and many services. The population is >1 millionpeople.
Large City
would have abundant services, but not as many as a large city. The population of a ___ is over 100,000people.
City
has a population of 20,000 to100,000
Large town
has a population of 1,000 to20,000
Town
generally does not have many services, possibly only a small corner shop or post office. A ____has a population of 100 to1,000.
Village
has a tiny population (<100) and very few (if any) services, and few buildings.
Hamlet
would only have 1 or 2 buildings or families in it. It would have negligible services, if any
Isolated dwelling
is (usually—see below) a rural community —a small settlement —which is too small to be considered a village. A hamlet has a tiny population (<100) and very few (if any) services, and fewbuildings.
hamlet
is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in ruralareas.
village
is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands) inhabitants. Usually, a “town” is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a”city”,
town
is an urban area with a large population and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.
city
a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence
consists of many neighborhoods
metropolitan area
is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area.
consists of many different metropolitan areas that are connected with one another and are usually interdependent economically andsocially.
conurbation
Basic Principles of Ekistics
- MAXIMIZATION OF HUMAN POTENTIALS
- MINIMIZATION OF EFFORTS
- OPTIMIZATION OF MAN’S PROTECTIVE SPACE
- OPTIMIZATION OF MAN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ENVIORMENT
- OPTIMIZATION OF FOUR PREVIOUS PRENCIPLES
nomadic, agricultural, urban, urban industrial
Macro scale
specific area at a limited period of time
Micro scale
