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Humans & Settlements

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
Def: Settlements inhabited by Humans
Components
The Content

The Container

Humans & Human Societies

Physical Environment

Source: Ekistics

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Human Settlements

Being Happy

So Why Study Them?

Source: Forbes, 2015

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What does Happiness Comprise of?

Meeting
Expectations??

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Human Settlements
What does Happiness Comprise of?

Relaxation Body & Soul

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What does Happiness Comprise of?
Socializing &
Amusement

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Human Settlements
What does Happiness Comprise of?

Balance

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
So Why Study Them?

Our need to make our abode better and

better and better

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Human Settlements
Were we happier in the past?

Mayan Sculpture in Mexico

Olmec Sculpture

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?
For a very long time of our existence, we have lived a simple life.
There is no reason for us to believe that life was not satisfying in
the small villages we lived in
But our needs and wants increased as our society developed
further and we urbanized
These cities also served the Man well for a very long time to come
We progressed further and developed technologies and
introduced Machines (read automobiles) in our socities.
From thereon there has been no looking back when it comes to
technological advancements.
While these advancements are happening we are also recognizing
that we are unable to create that perfect settlement for us.
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Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

May be we were
happier in the Past.

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

We had lower
expectations

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Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

A more healthier
Body and Mind?

Still lower life

expectancy!
SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

Small Cities
Easier
Comprehension
Human Scale
Human integration

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Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

Involvement of
Inhabitants in
building Trial and
Error Acceptance

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

Collective Knowledge
No specialisation

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Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

Then came Monumentalism, Misuse of

Nature, Complex and even more
complex hierarchies, introduction of
machine in the life of humans and.

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

We lost our natural ability to

comprehend human settlements.

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Human Settlements
What do our studies from the past say?

We have split responsibilities Planners,

Urban Designers, Architects, Engineers, Artists,
Economists, Sociologists, Transportation Planners,

and so we have developed a systematic

way to shifting the core responsibility
Philosophers, Anthropologists, Housing Designers

SAP Lecture 2 Human Settlement Planning IXth Semester Jul - Oct 2015

Human Settlements
So Why do we study Them

To Restore the Balance

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Human Settlements
Balance Between?

The Core Elements of Human

Settlements Nature, Man, Society,
Shells, Networks

Source: Ekistics

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