This document provides an overview of the influential urban planner Sir Patrick Geddes and some of his key concepts. It discusses that Geddes introduced the concept of "region" to urban planning. He is known as the "father of modern urban planning" for linking sociological concepts to town planning. The document describes Geddes' concepts of the Geddesian triad of the organic relationship between the social, physical, and economical aspects of a city. It also explains Geddes' valley section model and his theories of conurbation and constellation, which looked at how multiple cities interact and connect within a region.

1. SIR PATRICK GEDDES
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DHANRAJ BENDI 318106101026
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2. “RURAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN
DEVELOPMENT AND CITY DESIGN ARE NOT
THE SAME AND ADOPTING A COMMON
PLANNING PROCESS IS DISASTEROUS”

3. • Sir Patrick Geddes was born on 2 October 1854
and died 17 April 1932
• He 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“
• He is known as “The father of modern urban
planning”
• Patrick was the first to link sociological concepts
into town planning
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4. GEDDISIAN TRIAD CONCEPT
CITY
Organic relationship between
• SOCIAL
• PHYSICAL &
• ECONOMICAL

5. GEDDES AND THE VALLEY SECTION
• Geddes published first the idea of the valley section in 1909 to illustrate the 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 in another way Geddes said that “it takes a whole region to make a city”
• The valley section was illustrated and followed the trilogy of place/work/folk to
analysis of region
• The valley section is a complex model, which combines physical condition-
geology and geomorphology and their biological associations with so called
natural or basic occupations such as miner ,hunter, shepherd, fisher and with the
human settlements that arise from them

6. GEDDES VALLEY SECTION
• The valley section is a complex model, which combines physical condition- geology and
geomorphology and their biological associations with so called natural or basic occupations such
as miner ,hunter, shepherd, fisher and with the human settlements that arise from them
• Geddes illustrated the section using the locally available landscapes

7. GEDDES AND THE CONURBATION THEORY
• Conurbation - an extended urban area, typically
consisting of several towns merging with the
suburbs of a central city.
• The term “conurbation” was coined in 1951 by
Patrick Geddes in his book cities in evolution
• In most cases , a conurbation is a polycentric
urban agglomeration, in which transportation
has developed to link areas to create a single
urban labour market or travel to work area
• The term is used in north America , a
metropolitan area can be defined by the Census
Bureau or it may consist of a central city and its
suburbs , while a conurbation consists of
adjacent metropolitan areas that are connected
with one another by urbanization

8. EXAMPLE OF CONURBATION
NEWYORK
• The expansive concept of the New York
metropolitan area that is the Tri-State-
Region centered on New York City,
including 0 countries spread between
New York State , New Jersey ,
Connecticut, and Pennsylvania , with an
estimated population of 21,961,994
in2007
• Approximately one –fifteenth of all U.S
residents live in the Greater New York city
area
• This contribution is the result of several
central cities whose urban areas have
merged

9. URBAN CONURBATION IN UK

10. GEDDES AND CONSTELLATION CONCEPT
• As we all see in the map ,prominent cities in
Maharashtra are shown to be connected forming a
‘CONSTELLATION THEORY’ shape
• This CONSTELLATIONTHEORY 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 the most prominently used because
planning cities in a particular shape pattern is not
possible in Today’s times
CONSTELLATION : A GROUP OF STARS FORMING A RECOGNIZABLE PATTERN THAT IS TRADITIONALLY NAMED AFTER
ITS APPARENT FORM OR IDENTIFIED WITH A MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE

11. EXAMPLE OF CONSTELLATION
MAHARASHTRA (CASESTUDY)
• Mumbai - Economic and capital city
• Nasik -Religious city
• Aurangabad -Administrative city
• Nagpur - Political city
• Pune - Educational importance city

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