Patrick Geddes

This recent analysis of Patrick Geddes' life and work reviews his ideas and philosophy of planning, providing a scholarly yet accessible account for students of the history of planning, urban design, social theory and British history.

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One of the great social thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) enjoyed a career of astonishing diversity. This new analysis of his life and work reviews his ideas and philosophy of planning, providing a scholarly yet accessible account for those interested in the history of planning, urban design, social theory and nineteenth century British history.