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EKISTICS Flashcards

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THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT

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EKISTICS

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THE FABRIC OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS CONSISTS OF

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PHYSICAL ELEMENTS AND SERVICES

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REALITIES OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

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ECONOMICAL
SOCIAL
POLITICAL
TECHNICAL
AESTHETIC

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was coined by Greek architect and urban planner ____________________ in ________

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Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, 1942

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Includes regional, city, and community planning and dwelling design. The science

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EKISTICS

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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.

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EKISTICS

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The target is to build ____________, that is, a city that respects human dimensions.

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a city of optimum size

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BASIC PARTS OF COMPOSITE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

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HOMOGENEOUS
CIRCULATORY
CENTRAL
SPECIAL

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CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

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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

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BASED ON SIZE

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-Small and sparsely spaced (rural settlements or villages specializing in agriculture)
-Large and closely spaced (urban settlements specializing in secondary and tertiary activities)

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BASED ON LOCATION SETTLEMENTS

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PLAINS, MOUNTAINS, COASTAL, ETC.

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FORMS AS THE EXPRESSION OF CONTENT, FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE

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Based on Physical Forms-

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-Reveal nature, specialization, & raison d’etreof settlements
-Based on activity (economic, social), their performance, or special role (as dormitories, retirement villages, etc.)

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BASED ON FUNCTIONS

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which are important to an understanding of the meaning and role of settlements.

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BASED ON FUNCTIONS

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age of settlements, their place in continuum (past, present, future), their relative static of dynamic character, the whole process of their growth.

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Based on Time Dimension-

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CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

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By Ekistics Units
By Ekistics Elements
By Ekistics Functions
By Evolutionary Phases
By Factors & Disciplines

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BY EKISTICS UNITS: Four Basic Groups

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-MINOR SHELLS OR ELEMENTARY UNITS
-MICRO-SETTLEMENTS
-MESO-SETTLEMENTS
-MACRO-SETTLEMENTS

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Man(Anthropos), room, house;

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MINOR SHELLS OR ELEMENTARY UNITS

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units smaller than, or as small as, the traditional town where people used, do & still do achieve interconnection by walking (house group, small neighborhood):

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-MICRO-SETTLEMENTS

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between traditional town & conurbation within which one can commute daily (small polis, polis, small metropolis, small eperopolis, eperopolis);

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-MESO-SETTLEMENTS

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whose largest possible expression is the ecumenopolis

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MACRO-SETTLEMENTS

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Consist of 15 EkisticUnits ranging from Man to Ecumenopolisand these units turn into 4 basic groups.

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EKISTIC LOGARITHMIC SCALE

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Used as a basis for the measurement and classification of many dimensions in human settlements

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EKISTIC LOGARITHMIC SCALE

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Also used in geography and regional science

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EKISTIC LOGARITHMIC SCALE

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15 EKISTICS UNITS

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ANTHROPOS
ROOM
HOUSE
HAMLET
VILLAGE
NEIGHBORHOOD
SMALL POLIS
POLIS (CITY)
SMALL METROPOLIS
METROPOLIS
SMALL MEGALOPOLIS
MEGALOPOLIS
SMALL EPEROPOLIS
SPEROPOLIS
ECUMENOPOLIS

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EKISTICS UNITS

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PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL

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Physical Units

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-Man(as individual) –smallest unit
-Space –the second unit either personally owned or shared with others
-Family Home –third unit

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SOCIAL UNIT

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GROUP OF HOMES

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The entire area of Earth taken up by human settlements.

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ECUNOPOLIS

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A group of conurbations consisting of more than 10 million people each.

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MEGALOPOLIS

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A group of large cities and their suburbs, consisting of 3 to 10 million people. Also called urban agglomeration.

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CONURBATION

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A large city & its suburbs consisting of multiple cities & towns having 1 to 3 million people.

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METROPOLIS

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EKISTICS ELEMENTS

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NATURE
MAN
SOCIETY
SHELLS
NETWORKS

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EVOLUTIONARY PHASES

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MACRO SCALE
MICRO SCALE

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nomadic, agricultural, urban, urban industrial

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MACRO SCALE

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specific area at a limited period of time.

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MICRO SCALE

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FACTORS AND DISCIPLINES

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-CULTURAL
-ECONOMICS
-TECHNICAL
-SOCIOLOGY
-POLITICAL SCIENCES ADMINISTRATION

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Coordinates and manages activities and targets of all national housing agencies to ensure the accomplishment of the National Shelter Program.

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATING COUNCIL

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Focuses on policy-making and coordination

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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATING COUNCIL

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Involves mainly in planning, regulation and adjudication over land use, housing and real estate development.

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HOUSING LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD

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Sole national government agency tasked to engage in shelter production for the low-income sector

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NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

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Lead government agency mandated to undertake social housing programs catering to the formal and informal sectors.

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SOCIAL HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

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Develops and administers social housing program schemes such as Community Mortgage Program (CMP)

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SOCIAL HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

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Assumes the functions of both HUDCC and HLURB

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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CREATED THE DEPT. OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPEMENT

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