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Ekistics YJP
Ekistics YJP
•In order to create the cities of the future, we need to systematically develop a
science of human settlements.
•This science should 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 should be to build a city of optimum size, i.e, a city which respects
human dimensions.
•Starts with the premise that human settlements are susceptible of systematic
investigation
•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
In the application of his theories on Ekistics, C.A. Doxiadis studied, programmed,
planned and designed, in collaboration with his colleagues, a great number of human
settlements and other development projects.
These projects cover several fields, like rural settlements, agriculture and irrigation,
industrial settlements, manufacturing, power and public works, commerce and
tourism, transportation and communications, housing, urban renewal and
development of new cities, etc.
• By Ekistics Units
• By Ekistics Elements
• By Ekistics Functions
• By Evolutionary Phases
•Meso-settlements – inbetween traditional town & conurbation within which one can
commute daily (small polis, polis, small metropolis, small eperopolis, eperopolis); and
15 Levels
Ekistics Elements –
Basic Principles/ Functions of Ekistics –