[Sci-tech-public] MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History: FRIDAY 9-22-06

[Margo Collett]

MIT Seminar on Environmental
and Agricultural History

"Patrick Geddes and Ecological Town
Planning in India"

Ramachandra Guha
Professor Adjunct, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies


Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) was a pioneering ecologist and town 
planner who is known for his work in his native Scotland and known in 
the United States through the work of his disciple Lewis 
Mumford.  This talk will focus on Geddes's fascinating yet largely 
forgotten time in India, where he spent eight years and wrote more 
than fifty town plans.  It will explore the main themes of Geddes's 
plans, while also indicating their relevance for contemporary India, 
which will soon have the largest urban population in the world.

Friday, September 22, 2006
2:30 to 4:30 pm
Building E51 Room 095

Sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and the Program in Science, 
Technology, and Society
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