Patrick Geddes was a pioneering Scottish biologist, sociologist, and town planner from the late 19th/early 20th century. He is considered ahead of his time for being one of the first to study the sociological development of cities and advocate for more holistic, evidence-based urban planning that considers environmental, social, and economic factors. Some of his innovations included reducing paved streets and converting land to open space, increasing gardens and playgrounds, and respecting local traditions and agricultural processes. He promoted the diagnostic survey of existing urban conditions before redesigning cities and neighborhoods to meet local needs. Geddes' ideas emphasized the inseparability of environment, place and people, and focused planning initially on improving home and

1. PATRICK GEDDES
CONTEMPRORY EVEN AFTER 150 YEARS

2. INTRODUCTION
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY – PATRICK GEDDES
THE LIFE AND WORK OF PATRICK GEDDES PREFIGURES THE AGE IN
WHICH WE NOW LIVE.
HE WAS A SOLITARY THINKER AND PLANNER WHICH BECAME A
COLLECTIVE TASK FOR OUR GENERATION.
HE WAS FAR IN ADVANCE OF SUPPORTING ARMY OF ADMINISTRATION,
TECHNICIANS AND ARCHITECTS WHICH HELPED IN FASTER
DEVELOPMENT.
GEDDES WAS FIRST TO STUDY SOCIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF
CITIES.

3. PATRICK GEDDES IN INDIA
PATRICK GEDDES'S THOUGHT HAD TWO SIDES :
ASPECT ONE : SYSTEMATIC AND
RIGOROUS TO AN
EXTRAORDINARY DEGREE.
•IT WAS BASED UPON A
CARTOGRAPHY OF LIFE, MIND,
AND SOCIETY
•CREATED TO FACILITATE HIS
OWN THINKING
•SO THAT HIS IDEAS WOULD BE
RELATED, IN SPACE, TIME, AND
FUNCTION, TO THE CONCRETE
SITUATION FROM WHICH THEY
WERE MOMENTARILY
ABSTRACTED
•UNLIKE THE THOUGHT OF THE
SPECIALIST -THE ABSTRACTION
AS IF IT WERE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
ASPECT TWO: TO BE
EQUALLY FUNDAMENTAL
•ARE OF A MORE
PERSONAL ORDER AND
LESS CAPABLE OF
GENERAL APPLICATION.
•BUT THIS SIDE REQUIRES
SPECIAL STUDY AND
DISCRIMINATING USE
•MUCH OF IT REPELS, AT
FIRST GLANCE, THOSE
WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE SCOPE AND
PURPOSE OF GEDDES'S
THINKING, AND WHO DO
NOT APPRECIATE THE
SOUNDNESS OF HIS

4. PATRICK GEDDES – THE PLANNER
AS A PLANNER GEDDES THOUGHT OF-
•REDUCING THE NUMBER AND WIDTH OF PAVED STREETS IN
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
• TURNING THE LAND SAVED INTO MORE USABLE FORMS OF
OPEN SPACE, WERE TYPICAL GEDDESIAN INNOVATIONS.
•INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GARDENS AND PLAYGROUNDS,
•TO PLANT FRUIT TREES,
•TO RETAIN, IN AN EFFECTIVELY SANITARY STATE, THE EXISTING
TANKS.
•RESPECT FOR THE LAND AND FOR AGRICULTURAL PROCESSES
THE OLD TRADITIONS IN INDIA INCLUDED A NUMBER OF TYPICAL
PLANS FOR THE LAYOUT OF TOWNS, . SANITARY REGULATIONS WERE
NEGLECTED, ENCROACHMENTS AND OVER-BUILDINGS WERE

5. THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT,
EACH CONTAINING TOWN PLANNERS, ARCHITECTS, AND
GARDENERS.
FIRSTLY- MANY CITIES, IMPOSING NEW STREETS HAVE BEEN
LAID OUT WITHOUT SURVEY
THE DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY OF THEIR SURROUNDING QUARTER
AND CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO LOCAL NEEDS OR
POTENTIALITIES
SECONDLY -HAPPILY THERE IS ANOTHER SCHOOL OF PLANNING,
OF BUILDING AND OF GARDENING THAT INVESTIGATES AND
CONSIDERS THE WHOLE SET OF EXISTING CONDITIONS
IDEA FOR REMODELLING CITY

6. ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANISM, PLACE AND PEOPLE, ARE
INSEPARABLE BUT, SINCE THE ESSENTIAL UNIT OF A CITY IS THE
HOME, IT PATRICK GEDDES IN INDIA WILL BE AS WELL TO START BY
EXAMINING ITS ESPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE TRANSITION IN AN INDIAN CITY, FROM NARROW LANES AND
EARTHEN DWELLINGS TO SMALL STREETS, GREAT STREETS AND
BUILDINGS OF HIGH IMPORTANCE AND ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY FORM
AN INSEPARABLY INTERWOVEN STRUCTURE.

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
GROUP MEMBERS
AKANKSAH BALPANDE 1205
GEETA GUJARATHI 1220
SHREYA MAHAJAN 1235
POONAM WADEKAR 1267
MRUNALINI WALANJ 1268
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