AR6702 - HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

PLANNING
UNIT III PLANNING CONCEPTS
Planning concepts and their relevance to Indian Planning practice in respect of
Ebenezer Howard Garden city concepts and contents
Patrick Geddes Conservative surgery case study
C.A. Perry Neighborhood concept Le Corbusier concept and case studies.

 Garden city

Garden city most potent planning in western urban planning

Created by Ebenezer howard in 1898 to solve urban and rural problems
Source of many key planning ideas during 20th century.

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Ebenezer Howard

 1899 published garden city of tomorrow

1903 Garden city association was formed

LETCHWORTH was designed for 35000 person

1920 Welwyn was designed for 40000 persons

1947 LETCHWORTH had 16000 population & 100 factories

Welwyn was designed for 18000 population & 75 factories

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Ebenezer Howard

 Garden City an impressive diagram of

THE THREE MAGNETS namely the town magnet, country magnet with their
advantages and disadvantages and the third magnet with attractive features of both
town and country life.
Natural people preferred the third one namely garden city.

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Ebenezer Howard

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Ebenezer Howard

 Conservative surgery concept

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Patrick Geddes

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Patrick Geddes

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Patrick Geddes

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Patrick Geddes

 Neighbourhood concept

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

C.A. Perry

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

C.A. Perry

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

C.A. Perry

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

C.A. Perry

 Grid concept

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Le Corbusier

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Le Corbusier

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Le Corbusier

CONTEXTUAL PLANNING CONCEPTS &

Le Corbusier