The City After Patrick Geddes

Author : Volker Welter,James Lawson
Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015050551582

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The City After Patrick Geddes by Volker Welter,James Lawson Pdf

The City after Patrick Geddes is the first-ever publication to trace the influences of the Scottish biologist, sociologist and city designer, Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932), on the modernist debate about the City. The book consists of essays collated together in five sections. In the first, 'Patrick Geddes and the City', Geddes is located in his intellectual environment; Scottish and European. Successive sections are derived from Geddes's theory of the City. Part two - 'City and Region Surveyed and Displayed' - discusses Geddes's idea of a survey and the contemporary fascination with international city planning exhibitions and civic museums. The American visions of Lewis Mumford and his fellow regional planners and theoreticians are the focus of part three, 'Planning the Regional City'. The contributions in part four - 'Reconstruction of City and Region' - concentrate upon representatives of subsequent phases of international urbanism and planning, who developed and redefined Geddesian proposals in their own work. The final part - 'Critical Futures' - offers a critical reassessment of this legacy in the light of current international debate on the City and its future.

Author : Indra Munshi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000556261

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Patrick Geddes’ Contribution to Sociology and Urban Planning by Indra Munshi Pdf

This book explores Patrick Geddes’ significant contributions to urban planning and sociology. His vision of the city, rooted in the principles of social development and preservation of cultural and ecological resources, has inspired generations of urban planners, architects and social scientists engaged with contemporary urban issues. The book discusses Geddes’ early experiments with urban renewal in Edinburgh, the famous Cities and Town Planning Exhibition and his work in India for the improvement of cities and towns with minimal financial and human cost. It examines the theoretical underpinnings of his ideas in relation to issues such as better housing and health; the preservation of history and culture; the role of a citizen; university and urban renewal; and the contemporary urban ecological crisis among others. Furthermore, it looks at the question of sustainability in the context of Geddes’ vision of a more humane, social, natural and aesthetic town and city. A comprehensive review of Patrick Geddes’ ideas, this book underlines the relevance of his work to contemporary urban concerns and issues, especially in India. It will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, urban studies, city planning, urban sociology, architecture, human geography, urban geography, settlement studies, development studies and environmental sustainability.

Author : Noah Hysler-Rubin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317796497

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Patrick Geddes and Town Planning by Noah Hysler-Rubin Pdf

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This book studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of his life, writing and plans. Geddes' scrutiny is presented as a case study for Town Planning as a whole. Tying together for the first time key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a more vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.

Author : Helen Meller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134849284

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Patrick Geddes by Helen Meller Pdf

This recent analysis of Patrick Geddes' life and work reviews his ideas and philosophy of planning, providing a scholarly yet accessible account for students of the history of planning, urban design, social theory and British history.

Author : Volker M. Welter
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262731649

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Biopolis by Volker M. Welter Pdf

An examination of the work and influence of Scottish urban planner and theorist Patrick Geddes. The Scottish urbanist and biologist Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) is perhaps best known for introducing the concept of "region" to architecture and planning. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was one of the strongest advocates of town planning and an active participant in debates about the future of the city. He was arguably the first planner to recognize the importance of historic city centers, and his renewal work in Edinburgh's Old Town is visible and impressive to this day. Geddes's famous analytical triad—place, work, and folk, corresponding to the geographical, historical, and spiritual aspects of the city—provides the basic structure of this examination of his urban theory. Volker Welter examines Geddes's ideas in the light of nineteenth-century biology—in which Geddes received his academic training—showing Geddes's use of biological concepts to be far more sophisticated than popular images of the city as an organic entity. His urbanism was informed by his lifelong interest in the theory of evolution and in ecology, cutting-edge areas in the late nineteenth century. Balancing Geddes's biological thought is his interest in the historical Greek concept of polis, usually translated as city-state but implying a view of the city as a cultural and spiritual phenomenon. Although Geddes's work was far-ranging, the city provided the unifying focus of nearly all of his theoretical and practical work. Throughout the book, Welter relates Geddes's theory of the city to contemporary European debates about architecture and urbanism.

Author : Sir Patrick Geddes
Publisher : London, Williams
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : UOM:39015050972952

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Cities in Evolution by Sir Patrick Geddes Pdf

Author : Noah Hysler-Rubin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317796480

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Patrick Geddes and Town Planning by Noah Hysler-Rubin Pdf

Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This book studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes has been interpreted up to this day, providing a new reading of his life, writing and plans. Geddes' scrutiny is presented as a case study for Town Planning as a whole. Tying together for the first time key concepts in cultural geography and colonial urbanism, the book proposes a more vigorous historiography, exposing hidden narratives and past agendas still dominating the disciplinary discourse. Written by a cultural geographer and a town planner, this book offers a rounded, full-length analysis of Geddes' vision and its material manifestation, functioning also as a much needed critical tool to evaluate Modern Town Planning as an academic and practical discipline. The book also includes a long overdue model of his urban theory.

Author : Walter Stephen
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781912387779

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On the Trail of Patrick Geddes by Walter Stephen Pdf

Part of a series of guides following key figures and themes, Walter Stephen explores the life and theories of the Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and urban planner, Sir Patrick Geddes. His renewal work in Edinburgh's Old Town is as visible and impressive today as it was in the 19th and 20th centuries and his concepts such as 'Think Global, Act Local' are just as relevant. The author is an authority on Patrick Geddes and this book forms part of the On the Trail series.

Author : Murdo Macdonald
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474454094

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Patrick Geddes's Intellectual Origins by Murdo Macdonald Pdf

Patrick Geddes is one of Scotland's most remarkable thinkers of the late-nineteenth century. His environmental and cultural message endures today, yet the distinctively Scottish context to his thinking has not been properly acknowledged. This book situates Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as 'the democratic intellect') and explores the relevance of that background to Geddes's substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines. Key Features:Explores Patrick Geddes Scottish intellectual background in depth for the first time;Highlights Geddes's insistence on the importance of arts to sciences and vice versa, and the distinctively Scottish context of this approach;Considers the interdisciplinary achievements of Geddes in Edinburgh, Dundee, Paris, London and India;Pays particular attention to his leadership of the Celtic Revival both from a Scottish perspective and with respect to international links, in particular with Indian cultural revivalists such as Ananda Coomaraswamy.

Author : Sir Patrick Geddes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : WISC:89075684365

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Cities in Evolution by Sir Patrick Geddes Pdf

Author : Sir Patrick Geddes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : City planners
ISBN : UCAL:$B155201

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Patrick Geddes in India by Sir Patrick Geddes Pdf

Author : Vittoria Di Palma,Diana Periton,Marina Lathouri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134120444

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Intimate Metropolis by Vittoria Di Palma,Diana Periton,Marina Lathouri Pdf

Intimate Metropolis explores connections between the modern city, its architecture, and its citizens, by questioning traditional conceptualizations of public and private. Rather than focusing purely on public spaces—such as streets, cafés, gardens, or department stores—or on the domestic sphere, the book investigates those spaces and practices that engage both the urban and the domestic, the public and the private. The legal, political and administrative frameworks of urban life are seen as constituting private individuals’ sense of self, in a wide range of European and world cities from Amsterdam and Barcelona to London and Chicago. Providing authoritative new perspectives on individual citizenship as it relates to both public and private space, in-depth case studies of major European, American and other world cities and written by an international set of contributors, this volume is key reading for all students of architecture.

Author : Helen E. Meller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:807574398

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Patrick Geddes by Helen E. Meller Pdf

Author : Luigi Mazza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317378228

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Planning and Citizenship by Luigi Mazza Pdf

Planning is undergoing a period of profound change and risks losing meaning and authority by becoming merely a tool for financial speculation and generating capital. Planning and Citizenship seeks to rediscover planning’s technical and theoretical roots by reconstructing the memory of planning through the lens of the changing relationship between planning and citizenship. Tracing the historical relationship between planning and citizenship through a single thread, Luigi Mazza employs three ancient models – those of Hippodamus, Romulus, and Ancient China – to understand the foundations of spatial governance and citizenship. Paying particular attention to classic case studies of American cities, this book moves through the development of central planning theories by key thinkers like Geddes, Cerdà, Howard, Abercrombie and Lefebre. Analysing the role of government in promoting social citizenship and symbolic values through planning, Mazza takes into account the changing role of government in planning, including concepts of neoliberalism and the minimal State. Providing critical debate over the current role of spatial governance in planning and citizenship, Planning and Citizenship offers a unique historical analysis of a crucial topic in planning.

Author : Frank G. Novak Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134813780

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Lewis Mumford and Patrick Geddes by Frank G. Novak Jr. Pdf

I am a disciple of Patrick Geddes, and I am an abject admirer of everything he has said and done. The tantalising nearness of everything we most want; were it not for some fatal, stubborn grain in both of us, Geddes and I, linked together, intellectual and emotional, might still conquer the world. For lack of this, he will be imperfectly articulate and I, perhaps, will have nothing to say. These two comments by Lewis Mumford, written at either end of his largely epistolary relationship with Patrick Geddes, frame an astonishing correspondence between two of our century's greatest thinkers on Western civilisation. Mumford was the versatile New York cultural critic, famous for his writings on architecture, the city and technology. His master, Geddes, was the Scots biologist, sociologist and planner, the professor of things in general. The letters reveal much about the intellectual culture of the first half of the Twentieth Century as they chart an extraordinary Anglo-American relationship between very different men; this friendship, initially of master and disciple, even father/son, was based on a shared intellectual quest, and inspired the work of both. All that exists of those letters, and much previously unpublished material besides, has been meticulously collected and edited by Frank G. Novak Jnr..