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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 ...
By far the most well-documented and studied example is the Athenian democracy in Athens. However, there are documented examples of at least fifty-two Greek city-states [1] including Corinth, Megara, and Syracuse that also had democratic regimes during part of their history.
The resolutions formed part of Le Corbusier's book The Radiant City published in 1935. [11] The text of the Athens Charter as published became an extension of the content of The Radiant City [12] and Le Corbusier significantly re-worded the original observations. As well as adding new material he also removed the urban plans upon which the ...
Doxiadis is the father of "ekistics", which concerns the science of human settlements, including regional, city, community planning and dwelling design. [2]The term was coined by Doxiadis in 1942 and a major incentive for the development of the science is the emergence of increasingly large and complex settlements, tending to regional conurbations and even to a worldwide city [dubious ...
Zamość in the 17th century. The Renaissance concept of an Ideal town developed by Italian polymath Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472), author of ten books of treatises on modern architecture titled De re aedificatoria written about 1450 with additions made until the time of his death in 1472, concerned the planning and building of an entire town as opposed to individual edifices for private ...
This was shortly after Athens' defeat in the Social War and the collapse of the Second Athenian League, and the city was facing financial ruin. [2] Ways and Means is made up of 6 chapters, addressed to the Council of Five Hundred in response to political statements that expressed that Athens' unfair behavior against other cities is due to its ...
Ekistics is the science of human settlements [1] [2] including regional, city, community planning and dwelling design. Its major incentive was the emergence of increasingly large and complex conurbations, tending even to a worldwide city. [3]
Urban planning designs settlements, from the smallest towns to the largest cities. Shown here is Hong Kong from Western District overlooking Kowloon, across Victoria Harbour. Planning theory is the body of scientific concepts, definitions, behavioral relationships, and assumptions that define the body of knowledge of urban planning. There is no ...