scholarly journals The 2001 Meetings of the World Society for Ekistics — Berlin, 24-28 October

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Author(s):  
Athens Center Of Ekistics
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
World Society ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Council Meeting ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Science Center ◽  
The World

As part of its multiple activities, the World Society for Ekistics organizes a series of annual meetings which consist of: An Executive Council Meeting A C.A. Doxiadis Lecture A Symposion on a theme corresponding to its program of priorities, and A General Assembly of members At the 2000 meetings in Čelákovice, Czech Republic, the General Assembly expressed interest in having the 2001 meetings in Berlin. In response, the President, Professor Udo E. Simonis, extended an invitation to the Society to hold the meetings on the premises of the Science Center Berline on 24-28 October.

scholarly journals The 2001 Meetings of the World Society for Ekistics

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Athens Center Of Ekistics
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Council Meeting ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Do So

The contents of the present issue come as a continuation of the previous issue of Ekistics, vol. 69, no.412/413/414, January/February-March/April-May/June 2002, with the same theme. As is explained in the table of contents (pages 2 and 3) of that issue and also reproduced in the table of contents (pages 178 and 179) of the present issue, the material used is classified as follows: The 2001 Meetings of the World Society for Ekistics, Berlin, 24-28 October Executive Council Meeting The C.A. Doxiadis Lecture Symposion: Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century General Assembly Apart from the C.A. Doxiadis Lecture, the main contents of both issues refer to the material collected before, during and, in some cases, after the Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century". More specifically, the issues contain: Papers reflecting the presentations made during the Symposion and these concern papers delivered before and during the Symposion or documents that were prepared by the presenters after the Symposion. Papers that were made available at the Symposion by members who intended to attend but finally were totally unable to do so. These documents were made available to all participants but were never presented or discussed. Some were revised and edited by the authors. Papers that were prepared after the Symposion by members who could not attend.

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 Knowledge and interdisciplinarity as socio-cultural uncertainties

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Demosthenes Agrafiotis
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
Science Center ◽  
National School ◽  
The World ◽  
School Of Public Health ◽  
The City

The author is Professor of Sociology at the National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece. He is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). This paper is based on the ideas presented by the author as the 2001 C.A. Doxiadis Lecture - first in a series of such lectures established by the WSE - on 24 October, 2001, just prior to the Symposion on "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century" organized by the Society at the Science Center Berlin, 25-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Globalism and hierarchical-local identity in emerging Basque planning

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 220-233
Author(s):  
Lawrence D. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
World Society ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Council Member ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The author is Professor Emeritus of Planning, Regional Development & Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA and Biarritz, France. He is a member - and currently an Executive Council member- of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is an editedand revised version of a paper presented at the international symposionon Globalization and Local Identity, organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.

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