Anthropopolis: City for Human Development

by C. A. Doxiadis, René Dubos (Editor), Erik H. Erikson (Editor)

Overview

The symposium produced some important ideas which will be invaluable in the planning of more workable cities and in the reorganization of society to give citizens the maximum of community life and the maximum of diversity.

In the summer of 1972 a symposium on the City for Human Development was organized by the Athens Center of Ekistics. C. A. Doxiadis, an architect, and one of the planners of the symposium, prepared a set of goals and a proposal for discussion. His main concern was how to make the city more human, that is, how to make citizens happy and safe and help them in their human development. Doxiadis’ proposal faced this problem from the point of view of a builder of houses and cities who wishes to develop them in a responsible manner. Therefore, it was decided to bring together a few scientists interested in the fate of man who would discuss whether it was possible to create a city which would ensure man’s happiness and security and which would also help him to develop in a more satisfactory manner. This book contains Doxiadis’ report and the symposium.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393087376
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/1975
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Erik H. Erikson was renowned worldwide as teacher, clinician, and theorist in the field of psychoanalysis and human development.

Table of Contents

	Preface	IX
	Table of contents	X
	List of illustrations	XV
Part 1	Anthropopolis: City for Human Development
1.	Introduction	3
	The subject of the study	3
	The goal of the city	4
	The notion of the future	6
	From ideas to action	7
	The method	9
2.	Hypotheses	11
	Basic hypothesis	11
	Human needs	13
	Human balances	18
	Human settlements	20
	Human future	24
3.	The inevitable city	25
	The changing city	25
	Inevitable structure	28
	Inevitable dimensions	30
	The increasing problems	34
	Ecumenopolis	42
4.	Anthropos (Man) within his city	46
	Human development	46
	The developing human system	51
	Phases of human development	55
	Freedom to move	61
	Ability to move	67
	Safety	67
	Quality of life	78
	Human contacts	87
	Creativity	96
5.	Specifications for the City of Anthropos (Man)	101
	The need to build better	101
	Prenatal phase of life	111
	Breast dependence phase (0 to 6 months)	117
	Infant's phase (7 to 15 months)	120
	Toddler's phase (16 to 30 months)	128
	Strider or play-age phase (2.5 to 5 years)	140
	School-age phase (6 to 12 years)	149
	Adolescent phase (13 to 18 years)	157
	Young adulthood phase (19 to 25 years)	163
	Middle adulthood phase (26 to 40 years)	169
	Real adulthood phase (41 to 60 years)	176
	Early old age phase (61 to 75 years)	179
	Real old age phase (76 to 100 years)	185
	Creation of a total system of life	187
6.	Time for action	191
	In the middle of an explosion	191
	The need for courage	194
	The need for order	197
	Who should act	201
	What should be done	202
	One example of action	204
	How we can start the process	205
7.	Epilogue	206
Part 2	Symposion on the City for Human Development
8.	Introduction	209
	First Day: Thursday, July 6, 1972
9.	A City for Human Development: eighteen hypotheses	211
10.	Great city versus small city	218
11.	Comments on the City for Human Development	226
12.	Discussions	230
	Second Day: Friday, July 7, 1972
13.	The biological basis of urban design	253
14.	The kind of city we want	264
15.	Which way progress?	271
16.	Discussions	280
	Questions on the session of Thursday, July 6, 1972 submitted by the audience	303
	Questions on the session of Friday, July 7, 1972 submitted by the audience	305
	Third Day: Saturday, July 8, 1972
17.	Consideration for the young in a City for Human Development	307
18.	Thoughts on the City for Human Development	313
19.	Individuality, nutrition and mental development	321
20.	Discussions	330
21.	Concluding statements	347
	C.A. Doxiadis	347
	Erik H. Erikson	357
Appendix 1	Observations on visual information in Hydra	358
Appendix 2	Thoughts on the City for Human Development: a letter written by Dr. Gordon Tripp, June 1972	366
	Glossary	372
	Bibliography of author's books and recommended reading	377
	Notes	380
	Index	393