EKISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Flashcards
*Greek Architect and Town planner
*Known as the lead architect of Islamabad
*Father of Ekistics
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis
science of human settlement and outlined its scope, aims, intellectual framework and relevance.
Ekistics
Urban Renewal and the Future of the American City, Chicago
1966
Ekistics: An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements
1968
works of Constantinus Apostolou Doxiadis
Teacher-Student Center, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Master Plan of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan
coined by Greek architect and urban planner Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis in 1942.
Applies to the science of human settlements
The principles man takes into account when building his settlements
The target is to build the city of optimum size, that is, a city which respects human dimensions.
Since there is no point in resisting development, we should try to accommodate technological evolution and the needs of man within the same settlement.
Ekistics
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; and
▫ Special parts-i.e., a monastery contained within the homogeneous part.
CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
BASED ON
- SIZES
- LOCATION OF SETTLEMENTS
- PHYSCIAL FORMS
- FIVE ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT
- FUNCTIONS
-TIME DIMENSION
-DEGREE OF SOCIETY
- BASED ON INSTITUTION
▫ Small and sparsely spaced (rural settlements or villages specializing in agriculture)
▫ Large and closely spaces (urban settlements specializing in secondary and tertiary activities)
BASED ON SIZES
plains, mountains, coastal, etc.
Based on Location of Settlements
form as the expression of content, function, and structure
Based on Physical Forms
which are important to an understanding of the meaning and role of settlements:
▫ Reveal nature, specialization, & raison d’etre of settlements
▫ Based on activity (economic, social), their performance, or special role (as dormitories, retirement villages, etc.)
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
TIME DIMENSION
*Physical and Social Units
- Man (as individual)- smallest unit
▫Space- second unit either personally owned or shared with others
▫Family Home- third unit
*Social Unit
-GROUP OF HOMES
BY EKISTICS UNITS
*Unit range from Man to Ecumenopolis which turn into four basic groups
- ANTHROPOROS
- ROOM
- HOUSE
- HAMPLET
- VILLAGE
- NEIGHBORHOOD
- SMALL POLIS
- POLIS (CITY)
- SMALL METROPOLIS
- METROPOLIS
- SMALL MEGALOPOLIS
- MEGALOPOLIS -
- SMALL EPEROPOLIS
- EPEROPOLIS - 7.5K MIL
- ECUMENOPOLIS - 50K MIL
EKISTIC UNITS:
15 LEVELS
*Also called EKISTICS LOGARITHMIC SCALE (ELS)
THE ENTIRE AREAOF EARTH TAKEN UP BY HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
ECUMENOPOLIS
A GROUP OF CONURBATIONS, CONSISTING OF MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE EACH
MEGALOPOLIS
A GROUP OF LARGE CITIES & THEIR SUBURBS
ALSO CALLED URBAN AGGLOMERATION
CONURBATION
A LARGE CITY & ITS SUBURBS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE CITIES AND TOWNS HAVING 1 TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE
METROPOLIS
SETTLEMENT TYPES
ISOLATED DWELLING (HOUSE)
HAMLET
VILLAGE
SMALL TOWN
LARGE TOWN
CITY
CONURBATION
a super city consisting of multiple cities and towns. The population is usually several million.
large population center
consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent
zone of influence
Conurbation/metropolitan area
a city with a large population and many services. The population is >1 million people.
Large City
would have abundant services, but not as many as a large city. The population of a city is over 100,000
people.
an urban area with a large population
and a particular administrative, legal, or
historical status
City
has a population of 20,000 to100,000
Large town
has a population of 1,000 to 20,000
type of settlement ranging from a
few to several thousand (occasionally
hundreds of thousands) inhabitants. Usually,
thought of as larger than a village but
smaller than a “city”,
Town
generally does not have many services, possibly only a
small corner shop or post office. A village has a population of 100 to 1,000.
clustered human settlement or
community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller
than a town or city. Though generally
located in rural areas.
Village
has a tiny population (<100) and very few (if any)
services, and few buildings.
a rural community —a small
settlement
Hamlet