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Hippodamus of Miletus (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ d ə m ə s /; Greek: Ἱππόδαμος ὁ Μιλήσιος, Hippodamos ho Milesios; c.480–408 BC) [1] was an ancient Greek architect, urban planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist and philosopher, who is considered to be "the father of European urban planning", [2] and the namesake of the "Hippodamian plan" of city layout, although ...
The pre-Classical and Classical periods saw a number of cities laid out according to fixed plans, though many tended to develop organically. Designed cities were characteristic of the Minoan, Mesopotamian, Harrapan, and Egyptian civilisations of the third millennium BC (see Urban planning in ancient Egypt).
The Ministry of the Environment, Urban Planning and Public Works of Greece (Greek: Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Χωροταξίας και Δημοσίων Έργων, commonly abbreviated as ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ).
In 332 BC, Alexander appointed Dinocrates as director of the surveying and urban-planning work for the city of Alexandria (on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt), which was laid out on a Hippodamian grid plan that was influential in Hellenistic city planning.
The Doric style in Magna Graecia reached its apogee, surpassing that of the motherland and the other Greek colonies. [4] Regarding urban planning, the cities of Magna Graecia, as well as many cities of Greek colonies in other regions, were more orderly and rational in the distribution of spaces than those of the mother country, making the urban ...
Constantinos A. Doxiadis [a] (14 May 1913 – 28 June 1975), often cited as C. A. Doxiadis, was a Greek architect and urban planner.During the 1960s, he was the lead architect and planner of Islamabad, which was to serve as the new capital city of Pakistan.
Hadjimichalis is former Professor economic geography and regional planning and Head of the Department at Harokopio University of Athens. He is known for his work from a Marxist perspective on uneven geographical development in economic geography, urban planning, and regional development with a specific focus on Greece, the EU, and Southern Europe.
Pages in category "Ancient Greek urban planners" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Dinocrates; H.