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8/10/2019 Theories and Concepts of Town Planning
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8/10/2019 Theories and Concepts of Town Planning
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Concept of human settlement.the concept termed as ekistics,meaning science of
human settlementthis was coined by k.a. Doxiadis.this includes regional, city,
community planning &dwelling design.he organized 5 ekistic elements : nature,anthropos, society,shells & nehoorks.ekistics aims to encompass all scales of humanhabitation & seek to learn from archaeoslogical historic record, as much as possible, at
total settlement pattern.the key principles were: a) optimization of potentialcontacts. B) minimize efforts to make contacts. C) try to make things easy & easy
accesiblity. D) optimization opf protective open space. E) waste balance with
benvironment. F) synthesis of all principles.
Mile high city conceptthis gave new direction to living.. Thiswas a concept based on
vertical living.this explains that a tower 1 mile highshall be built and all community
shall livein it .the idea of this living came so that theland could be utilized forgreeningpurposes.
Single nuclei theorythis is a model of urban land use in which a city grows from central
point.centre being the nucleus is the major part of the city.the major complexes
formed the centre of the city and other parts of city originate from the centre of thenucleus.
Multi nuclei theorythis model is a model of urban land use in which a city grows fromseveral independent points rather than from one central business district. Each point
acts as a growth center from a particular kind of land use, such as industry, retail, or
high-quality housing. As these expand, they merge to form a single urban area.somecenters or nodes include: o ports, o universities, o airports, o parks, o neighborhood
business centers.criticisms about the multiple nuclei model 1) negligence of height ofbuildings. 2) non-existence of abrupt divisions between zones. 3) each zone displays a
significant degree of internal heterogeneity and not homogeneity. 4) unawareness of
inertia forces. 5) no consideration of influence of physical relief and government policy.6) the concepts may not be totally applicable to oriental cities with different cultural,
economic and political backgrounds.
Sector theorydeveloped by homer hoyt.basic idea: once contrasts in land use hadarisen near the centre of a city, these differences were perpetuated as the city
expanded.distinctive sectors of land use were likely to grow out from the center often
focused on major routeways.it was a wedge like expansion, which was also animprovement to previous theories.
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