Module 2 Flashcards
“Human settlements means the TOTALITY of the human COMMUNITY - whether city, town or village - with all the
social, material, organizational, spiritual and cultural ELEMENTS that sustain it.”
UN hABITAT
“MAN, SOCIETY and FUNCTIONS = contents of _____ _____; NATURE and SHELLS = ______. While our subject matter cannot exclude any of these elements, it cannot be limited to any one of them or study any in depth. It is the INTERRELATIONSHIP of the five elements which forms human settlements”
Human Settlements
Container
C.A. DOXIADIS
Study human settlements in a coordinated interdisciplinary way (architecture, urban planning, sociology, economics, and environmental science)
EKISTICS
“oikizein” = _____
to settle
Father of ekistics
Constantino Doxiadis in 1942
Human Settlements are “_______ ARRANGEMENTS made by humans for their own sake”
“Man builds _______, and _____ shape man”
TERRITORIAL ; CITIES
GOAL OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
TO MAKE HUMANS HAPPY
IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE
Five elements of ekistics
- Nature
- Man
- Society
- Shells
- Network
- provides the FOUNDATION upon which the settlement is created and
the FRAME which it can function
NATURE
Nature characteristics
A. Man’s CHANGING ATTITUDE towards
nature
B. Of special interest to planners: LAND and LAND USE
C. Concerns and objectives in proper MANAGEMENT of
RESOURCES
A. Man’s CHANGING ATTITUDE towards
nature
Before
- used to be ______, owe ______
Today
- utilized for food and other uses
FEAR ; REVERENCE
B. Of special interest to planners: TWO KINDS OF LAND USE
General Land Use
Urban Land Use
deals with non-urban, large scale use of the land
Ex. croplands, forests, pasture lands, swamplands, mining and quarrying
areas
General land use
Ex. Residential, commercial, industrial,institutional, recreational
Urban land use
C. Concerns and objectives in proper management of resources
PACE
P - Preservation (preservation of unique NATURAL FEATURES )
A - Allocation of land areas (PROPER allocation of land areas for future needs)
C - Conservation (Conservation of identified ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS)
E - Ecological balance (MAINTENANCE of ecological balance)
The needs of ________ are the primary concern of Human Settlements.
HUMAN/ANTHROPOS
The Life We Want
MATATAG
MAGINHAWA
PANATAG
MATATAG
Family is together
Time with Friends
Work-life balance
Strong sense of community (Volunteer opportunities)
MAGINHAWA
Free from hunger and poverty
Secure home ownership
Good transport
Travel and vacation