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BAR1003 (F)

Human Settlements

L-T-P1-0-2 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Arch · Sem 10 (Elective - III (Miscellaneous))

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Syllabus

4 units
Unit1

Unit 1: Evolution and Development of Human Settlements

Origin and Growth of Human Settlements, River Banks as carriers to growth of Human Settlements; River valley Settlements: Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance and Modern.

Unit2

Unit 2: Human Settlements in India

Human Settlements in India since the ancient to Medieval and Modern periods. Factor affecting their development and extinction: Scio- Cultural, Disasters and Environmental Aspects.

Unit3

Unit 3: Study and Analysis of Informal and Formal Settlements

Detailed Analysis of selected informal and formal human settlements in the world and India for deriving learnings for contemporary usage especially in the context of Efficient management of Resources, Solid Waste Management, Sustainability, Preservation of Cultural Practices.

Unit4

Unit 4: Establish criteria for contemporary Sustainable human settlements

  • A critical evaluation and discussion of new emerging concepts methods and tools, and cases like Masdar City, Auroville for upcoming challenges in human settlements for developing countries. APPROACH
  • Focus shall be on learning from growth and development of traditional human settlements.
  • Aspects affecting their evolution and socio-cultural and other related aspects.
  • Learning through case studies and literature studies along with relevant site visits shall be preferable.
Course Objectives4 points
  • To study the Evolution and Growth of Human Settlements
  • To expose students to the development of Human Settlements in the Indian Context
  • To Critically analyse learnings from development of informal and formal Human Settlements
  • To discuss new and emerging concepts, methods and tools to face new challenges in built environment in Developing countries.
REFERENCE BOOKS6 books
  1. Water Conservation Techniques in Traditional Human Settlements by Pietro Laureano.
  2. Human Settlements: The Environmental Challenge. A compendium of United Nations papers prepared for the Stockholm conference on Human Environment 1972.
  3. The Evolution of Human Settlements from Pleistocene Origins to Anthropocene Prospects by Bowen, William M., Gleeson, Robert E.
  4. History of human settlements and urban design from the early ages to the end of the 19th century (Council of Planning Librarians. Exchange bibliography) Unknown Binding – 1969 by Gideon Golany
  5. Evolution of human settlements in India by S.P. Chatterjee
  6. Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City by Keith Pezzoli John Friedmann. CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF SESSIONALS NO. OF MARKS PER S.NO. PARTICULARS TOTAL ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT 1 Tutorial of Module 1 - 2 2 5 10 Case / Site Study 2 3 5 15 of Module 3 Seminar/Presentation 3 2 5 10 of Module - 4 TOTAL 35

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