Lecture Notes & Slides

notes and slides are updated after the tuesday lectures

Lecture 1 & 2 Slides — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-07-20 23:13

 

Lecture 3 & 4 Slides — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-07-24 11:09

 

Garden City — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-09-25 22:30

This is the link to the Cornell University Library site, where Professor John W Reps has reviewd the book "Graden cities of To-Morrow"

Industrial housing — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-09-26 01:33

 

Lecture 2 - Early Settlements — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-11-05 10:20

The module covers the genesis of urban center in different parts of the word. Examples include Mesopotamia, Egypt and Harrappa

Lecture 3- Theories on Origin of Cities — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-12-17 04:39

Various theories on origin of cities

Lecture-4 Greek Cities — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-10-09 15:16

Democratic practices, cities without walls, urban institutions

The empire and its cities- Roman Period — by Pratyush Shankar — last modified 2006-10-09 20:04

The army, its engineering, administration and colonies