Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner known as the "Father of Modern Town Planning". He introduced concepts like the "region" in architecture and planning. Geddes believed that a region influences and is influenced by the cities within it, represented by his "Geddian Trio" of activity, work, and place. He coined the term "conurbation" to describe merged cities and regions influenced by new transportation technologies. Some of Geddes' plans included the master plan for Tel Aviv which emphasized pedestrians, greenery, and civic spaces. He also developed the "constellation theory" of regional planning around groupings of interconnected cities.

1. PATRICK GEDDES
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2. ABOUT
 Also known as “Father of Modern Town Planning”
 Patrick Geddes (2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) was a Scottish biologist,
sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner.
 He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban planning and
sociology.
 He introduced the concept of "region" to architecture and planning and coined
the term "conurbation".

3. CONCEPTS
WORK
ACTIVITY
.
PLACE
Geddian Trio Representation
In human terms this can be understood as a place acting through climatic and
geographic processes upon people and thus shaping them. At the same time people act,
through economic processes such as farming and construction, on a place and thus
shape it. Thus both place and folk are linked and through work are in constant
transition.
1. GEDDIAN TRIO

4. CONCEPTS
 Geddes first published his idea of the valley section in 1909 to illustrate his idea of
the 'region-city'.
 The region is expressed in the city and the city spreads influence of the highest
level into the region.
 To put it another way, Geddes said that "it takes a whole region to make the city”.
 The valley section illustrated the application of Geddes's trilogy of
‘activity/work/place' to analysis of the region.
 The valley section is a complex model, which combines physical condition-
geology and their biological associations - with so-called natural or basic
occupations such as miner, hunter, shepherd or fisher, and with the human
settlements that arise from them.
2. GEDDES AND THE VALLEY SECTION

5. 2. GEDDES AND THE VALLEY SECTION
TEL AVIV (ISRAEL)
The Geddes Plan for Tel Aviv was the
first master city plan for Tel Aviv.
 In 1925 Patrick Geddes was commissioned to
design a master plan for the city of Tel Aviv.
 It was designed to be an extension of the
much older neighbouring Arabic port town
Jaffa.
 FEATURES
1. An emphasis was placed on pedestrians as
opposed to motor car traffic
2. A sense of community and civic life was
encouraged through the use of town squares
3. Abundant planting of greenery provided
significant focus on a minimal environmental
footprint.
4. Private automobile traffic was minimized
and the city.

6. CONCEPTS
 The term "conurbation" was coined in 1915 by Patrick Geddes in his book Cities In
Evolution.
 He drew attention to the ability of the (then) new technology of electric power and
motorized transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together. For e.g.- New
York-Boston in the United States and NCR of Delhi in India.
 A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other
urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to
form one continuous urban and industrially developed area and in which
transportation has developed to link areas.
3. CONURBATION
Delhi, NCR

7. NEW YORK
New York City
 The expansive concept of the New York
metropolitan area (the Tri-State Region)
centered on New York City, including 30
counties spread between New York State,
New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania,
with an estimated population of 21,961,994 in
2007.
 Approximately one-fifteenth of all U.S.
residents live in the Greater New York City
area.
 This conurbation is the result of several
central cities whose urban areas have merged.
3. CONURBATION

8. CONCEPTS
 The CONSTELLATION THEORY was also coined by Sir Patrick Geddes , “4 or
more cities, which are not economically, politically, socially equal come together in
developing a whole region”
 This theory is mostly used for administrative purpose in all countries worldwide.
 Such theory is most prominently used because planning cities in a particular shape
pattern is not possible in Today’s times.
4. CONSTELLATION THEORY
Prominent cities in Maharashtra are
shown to be connected forming a
CONSTELLATION shape.
Mumbai- Economic and Capital city
Nasik- Religious city
Aurangabad- Administrative city
Nagpur- Political city
Pune-Educational importance city