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    Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis coined the term "Ekistics" in 1942 to describe the science of human settlements. Ekistics concerns regional, city, and community planning as well as dwelling design, taking into account principles of how humans build settlements and their historical evolution in size and quality. The goal is to build optimally sized cities that respect human dimensions. Ekistics aims to study all scales of human habitation by examining archaeological, historical, and total settlement patterns.

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    Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis coined the term "Ekistics" in 1942 to describe the science of human settlements. Ekistics concerns regional, city, and community planning as well as dwelling design, taking into account principles of how humans build settlements and their historical evolution in size and quality. The goal is to build optimally sized cities that respect human dimensions. Ekistics aims to study all scales of human habitation by examining archaeological, historical, and total settlement patterns.

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    Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis coined the term "Ekistics" in 1942 to describe the science of human settlements. Ekistics concerns regional, city, and community planning as well as dwelling design, taking into account principles of how humans build settlements and their historical evolution in size and quality. The goal is to build optimally sized cities that respect human dimensions. Ekistics aims to study all scales of human habitation by examining archaeological, historical, and total settlement patterns.

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    PP – EKISTICS

    Jay Doshi
    Roll No: 1607
    SEMESTER- X

    The term Ekistics was coined by Greek architect and urban planner Constantinos
    Apostolos Doxiadis in 1942.
    Ekistics concerns the science of human settlements, including regional,
    city, community planning, and dwelling design. This science, termed Ekistics, will
    take into consideration 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. The target is to build a city of optimum size, that is, a
    city that respects human dimensions. According to Doxiadis to create the cities
    of the future, we need to systematically develop a science of human settlements.
    Ekistics aims to encompass all scales of human habitation and seeks to learn from
    the archeological and historical record by looking not only at great cities but, as
    much as possible, at the total settlement pattern.

    BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EKISTICS

    Maximization of human potentials –in a certain area, man will select the location
    which permits a maximum of potential contact
    Minimization of efforts –a minimum of effort, terms of energy, time, and cost
    man selects the most convenient routes
    Optimization of man’s protective space
    Optimization of man’s relationship with his environment
    Optimization of four previous principles

    CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS


    • By Ekistics Units
    • By Ekistics Elements
    • By Evolutionary Phases
    • By Factors & Disciplines
    CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BY EKISTICS UNITS:
    Minor shells or elementary units- Man, room, house
    Micro-settlements- units smaller than, or as small as, the traditional town
    where people used, do & still do achieve interconnection by walking
    Meso-settlements- between traditional town & conurbation within which one
    can commute daily
    Macro-settlements- whose largest possible expression is the Ecumenopolis

    CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BY EKISTICS ELEMENTS

    CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BY EVOLUTIONARY PHASES


    Macroscale- nomadic, agricultural, urban, urban industrial;
    Micro scale- specific area at a limited period.

    CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BY FACTORS & DISCIPLINE

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