scholarly journals The editor's page

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
P. Psomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Tsinghua University ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
City Regions ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
Mega Cities

As a documentation and communication vehicle - part of a broader effort of the Athens Center of Ekistics (ACE) to contribute to the development of a sound approach to the field of Human Settlements - Ekistics makes itself available as a free forum for the exposure of ideas and experiences from anywhere to everywhere, provided they are relevant and transferable. In this effort, writings of members of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE) have quite frequently been considered and published in Ekistics. How could our attitude be different in cases of collective efforts of the WSE such as its meetings last year in Berlin (24-28 October, 2001) with the title "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century"? Actually, we have reported on such events on various occasions in the past, the most recent being in vol. 64, no. 385/386/387, July/August-Sept./Oct.-Nov./Dec.1997 and vol. 65, no. 388/389/390, Jan./Feb.-Mar./Apr.-May/June 1998 on "Mega-Cities ...and Mega-City Regions", a conference of which the WSE was a co-sponsor together with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and the University of British Columbia, Canada.

scholarly journals The editor's page

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
P. Psomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
Tsinghua University ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
City Regions ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Beijing China

As a documentation and communication vehicle - part of a broader effort of the Athens Center of Ekistics (ACE) to contribute to the development of a sound approach to the field of Human Settlements - Ekistics makes itself available as a free forum for the exposure of ideas and experiences from anywhere to everywhere, provided they are relevant and transferable. In this effort, writings of members of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE) have quite frequently been considered and published in Ekistics. How could our attitude be different in cases of collective efforts of the WSE such as its meetings last year in Berlin (24-28 October, 2001) with the title "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century"? Actually, we have reported on such events on various occasions in the past, the most recent being in vol. 64, no. 385/386/387, July/August-Sept./Oct.-Nov./Dec.1997 and vol. 65, no. 388/389/390, Jan./Feb.-Mar./Apr.-May/June 1998 on "Mega-Cities ...and Mega-City Regions", a conference of which the WSE was a co-sponsor together with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and the University of British Columbia, Canada. We are happy that the World Society for Ekistics welcomed our proposal to consider the large number of documents made available at its meetings in Berlin and select some of the papers presented for publication in Ekistics. However, the amount of material available far exceeded the capacity even of one triple issue. Hence the following two triple issues: Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century - 1 of 2 (Ekistics, vol. 69, no. 412/413/414,January/February-March/April-May/June 2002); and, Defining Success of the City in the 21 st Century - 2 of 2 (Ekistics, vol. 69, no. 415/416/417, July/August-September/October-November/December 2002).

scholarly journals Urbanizing regions in China's Yangtze River Basin

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Edward Leman
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
World Society ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Edward Leman is an urban and regional planner, and President of Chreod Ltd., a Canadian consulting firm that has worked in China since 1988. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE) and a former member of its Executive Council. He has written several articles for Ekistics over the past 20 years. The text that follows is a revised version of a paper which was distributed at the WSE Symposion " Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001, that the author was finally unable to attend.

scholarly journals Sciences of human settlements: Searching for the theory and practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 279-284
Author(s):  
Wu Liangyong
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Tsinghua University ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The City

The author is Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; and Director of both the Institute of Architectural and Urban Studies and the Center for Human Settlements, Tsinghua University. He is also a member and former President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper presented at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Read the world to write the future: An interview with professors E Wayne Ross and Xosé Manuel Souto, experts in critical social studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e974
Author(s):  
Jordi Castellví Mata
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Curricular Material ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
The University

E Wayne Ross is professor at the University of British Columbia (Canada). He is interested in the influence of social and institutional contexts on teachers’ practice as well as the role of curriculum and teaching in building a democratic society in the face of antidemocratic impulses of greed, individualism, and intolerance. Xosé Manuel Souto is professor at the University of Valencia (Spain), in the department of social and experimental sciences education. He directs the Gea-Clío educational innovation group that has developed, for the past thirty years, its work in the fields of teacher training, creation of curricular material and educational research.

scholarly journals Maungarei-o-Tamaki in 2050 — A town within a city

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 288-289
Author(s):  
David Johns ◽  
Ian Munro ◽  
Aimee Redknap ◽  
Sarah Ricketts
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
Special Session ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

The authors are Bachelor of Planning students at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The text that follows is the summary of apresentation made by all four authors in a special session on Education and Research at the World Society for Ekistics Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Principles of intelligent urbanism: The case of the new Capital Plan for Bhutan

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 60-80
Author(s):  
Christopher Charles Benninger
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
World Bank ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Asian Development Bank ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
American Institute ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Christopher Benninger has lived and worked in India for the past 30 years. He founded the School of Planning at Ahmedabad (1971) and the Centre for Development Studies and Activities in Pune ( 1976). He studied Urban Planning at M.l.T. and architecture at Harvard, where he was later a professor of architecture. While at Harvard he became actively involved with the World Society for Ekistics (WSE) through his colleagues Barbara Ward and Jaqueline Tyrwhitt. He attended the 1967 Delos Symposion, where he was deeply influenced by C.A.Doxiadis and the Ekistics movement. Benninger has prepared urban plans for Bhutan, where he is designing the new capital, India and Sri Lanka. He has been involved in advisory work for the World Bank, the UNO and the Asian Development Bank in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent. His architectural studio has won the Designer of the Year Award (1999); American Institute of Architect's Award (2000) and other awards. He has published articles in journals in America, Europe and Asia. He is on the Board of Editors of Cities, U.K. The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper presented at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Success of the City in the 21st Century: Some thoughts arising from presentations

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 348
Author(s):  
Tom W. Fookes
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Policy Analyst ◽  
Defining Moment ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Planning Department ◽  
Professional Planner ◽  
The City

Dr Fookes is an Associate Professor in the Planning Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked variously through the past 36 years as a geographer-planner, academic, environmental impact assessor, policy analyst, and professional planner. A defining moment in his career path was the two years spent as a student with C.A. Doxiadis at the Athens Center of Ekistics in Greece. As a consequence he has carried through the principles and practices developed in Athens into his professional life. Dr Fookes is leading research and development on Ekistics in Education, and he is currently Vice-President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of some of the thoughts he presented at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Towards ecological urban restructuring: A challenging new eco-cultural approach

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 103-115
Author(s):  
Ekhart Hahn
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Urban Restructuring ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

The author is Professor at the Faculty for Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund. In the 1980s he developed the 'Theory and Concept of Action on Ecological Urban Restructuring" at the Wissenschafts-zentrum Berlin. Parallel to his research work he directed several model projects on ecological urban restructuring in Berlin and in other cities. The projects ranged from experimental eco-houses, pilot projects on the ecological restructuring of neighborhoods and urban districts, up to model projects on the ecological revitalization of urban-rural development. Besides the University of Dortmund he teaches as guest professor at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, and has received invitations for lectures and guest professorships at several other universities in various countries. Since 2001 he has been a member of the World Society of Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is an expanded version of a paper presented at the WSE Symposion"Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Venice: Myths of the past in cities of the present and in the age of the media

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Calogero Muscarà
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
University Of Rome ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Country Planning

The author is Professor of Urban Geography and Dean of the Department of Town and Country Planning at the University of Rome, La Sapienza"; Director of the GIS School of the same university; Scientific Editor of Sistema Terra; Fellow of the Ateneo Veneto in Venice; and a member of the Worìd Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is an edited and revised version of a paper distributed to participants at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City inthe 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001, which the author was finally unable to attend.

City-region governance in transitional contexts: the case of the BRICS

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Philip Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Extended Period ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
City Region ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Path Dependencies ◽  
City Regions ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Abstract The bulk of the scholarly literature on city-regions and their governance is drawn from contexts where economic and political systems have been stable over an extended period. However, many parts of the world, including all countries in the BRICS, have experienced far-reaching national transformations in the recent past in economic and/or political systems. The national transitions are complex, with a mix of continuity and rupture, while their translation into the scale of the city-region is often indirect. But, these transitions have been significant for the city-region, providing a period of opportunity and institutional fluidity. Studies of the BRICS show that outcomes of transitions are varied but that there are junctures of productive comparison including the ways in which the nature of the transitions create new path dependencies, and way in which interests across territorial scales soon consolidate, producing new rigidities in city-region governance.

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