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Commentary on “Thinking organic, acting civic: The paradox of planning for cities in evolution” by Michael Batty and Stephen Marshall, and “Jaqueline Tyrwhitt translates Patrick Geddes for post world war two planning” by Ellen Shoshkes
HighlightsPatrick Geddes’s orientation as a biologist provides a framework for his subsequent work in city planning.Batty and Marshall examine Geddes’ theoretical approach to cities through evolutionary biology.Shoskes traces the impact of Geddes’s work through the intellectual influence and interpretation of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt.The study of cities was, for Geddes, ultimately a means to study and advance life.
AbstractThe paper by Batty and Marshall asks after Geddes’ grand theory, respectively the lack thereof, and the difficulties this poses for assessing Geddes’ importance on subsequent and today’s urban planning theories. Shoshkes’s paper traces the influence of Geddesian thought on post-World-War-Two planning through the person of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, arguing that the latter’s synthesis of Geddesian thinking laid a foundation for sustainable urban planning. The two papers share the assumption that for Geddes the city was the end towards which he worked and thought. Yet looking at Geddes as a life-long biologist, the city turns out to be a means towards the end of understanding life. Such approach allows one to make sense of many if not most of his activities.
Commentary on “Thinking organic, acting civic: The paradox of planning for cities in evolution” by Michael Batty and Stephen Marshall, and “Jaqueline Tyrwhitt translates Patrick Geddes for post world war two planning” by Ellen Shoshkes
HighlightsPatrick Geddes’s orientation as a biologist provides a framework for his subsequent work in city planning.Batty and Marshall examine Geddes’ theoretical approach to cities through evolutionary biology.Shoskes traces the impact of Geddes’s work through the intellectual influence and interpretation of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt.The study of cities was, for Geddes, ultimately a means to study and advance life.
AbstractThe paper by Batty and Marshall asks after Geddes’ grand theory, respectively the lack thereof, and the difficulties this poses for assessing Geddes’ importance on subsequent and today’s urban planning theories. Shoshkes’s paper traces the influence of Geddesian thought on post-World-War-Two planning through the person of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, arguing that the latter’s synthesis of Geddesian thinking laid a foundation for sustainable urban planning. The two papers share the assumption that for Geddes the city was the end towards which he worked and thought. Yet looking at Geddes as a life-long biologist, the city turns out to be a means towards the end of understanding life. Such approach allows one to make sense of many if not most of his activities.
Commentary on “Thinking organic, acting civic: The paradox of planning for cities in evolution” by Michael Batty and Stephen Marshall, and “Jaqueline Tyrwhitt translates Patrick Geddes for post world war two planning” by Ellen Shoshkes
Welter, Volker M. (author)
Landscape and Urban Planning ; 166 ; 25-26
2017-06-26
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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