scholarly journals Whither 21st century urban civilization: Dystopia or utopia?

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Koichi Tonuma
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Metropolitan Government ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Civilization

The author, Professor of Planning at Waseda University, Tokyo, is currently Chairman of the townscape design committee of Tokyo Metropolitan Government and also Vice-President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). Dr Tonuma is the author of a book entitled Japan in the 21st Century with emphasis on planning for residential surroundings, and of numerous articles, some of which have also been published in Ekistics. The text that follows is a revised and edited version of a paper presented by the author at the WSE Symposion"Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Development of Kachchh, after the devastating earthquake in Gujarat

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 116-118
Author(s):  
Akhtar Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Professor Chauhan, an architect and planner, is Director, Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India. He is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE), and currently Past Vice-President. The text that follows is a slightly edited version of a paper made available in the author's absence to participants of 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: An introduction to the 2001 Symposion

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Udo E. Simonis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Introductory Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Opening Session

The author is Research Professor of Environmental Policy, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung GmbH (WZB),Berlin, Germany. Professor Simonis is a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE); he was Vice-President of the Society for four years and, since April 2000, has been President. The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of the introductory statement by Professor Simonis in his capacity as President of the World Society for Ekistics at the opening session of the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Social sustainability of large cities Social sustainability of large cities

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 142-144
Author(s):  
György Enyedi
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Hungarian Academy ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The World ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The City

The author is a member and former Vice President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a member of Academia Europaea (London) as well as of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). He is a leader of the UNESCO/MOST Project on Socially Sustainable Cities. 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 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 Globalization, world habitat and Japanese identity: From 20th century machine-to 21st century global environment-oriented civilization

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Koichi Tonuma
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental Development ◽  
Research Institute

The author, Emeritus Professor at Waseda University, Tokyo, is currently Chairman of the Board of the Research Institute for Urban and Environmental Development, Japan (UED). Dr Tonuma is the author of a book entitled Japan in the 21st Century with emphasis on planning for residential surroundings, and of numerous articles, some of which have also been published in Ekistics. He is a former Vice-President of the World Society for Ekistics. The text that follows is a revised and edited version of a paper presented by the author at the WSE Symposion"Globalization and Local Identity, " Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September,2005. He has pursued the theme of this paper in research published in Japanese in the UED Report, January 2007, and is currently researching habitability zones and Ecumenopolis. 

scholarly journals Success for whom? The place of people in 21st century cities

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 120-122
Author(s):  
William Michelson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Associate Dean ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The author is S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology; and Associate Dean, Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Dr Michelson is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The paper that follows was presented at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

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 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 Daily Program

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 19-20
Author(s):  
Athens Center Of Ekistics
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

This is the daily program of the 2001 Meetings of the World Society for Ekistics: Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century.

scholarly journals Urban and rural areas as defined by population density in Japan

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 331-332
Author(s):  
Haruhiko Goto
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
City Planning ◽  
World Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
The City

Dr Goto, an architect and town planner with an MSc in Architecture and a Ph. D in City Planning from Waseda University, Japan, formerly Vice-Dean of the Graduate School, is now Professor of Urban Design at the same university. He is also a Principal of Kankyo to Zokei Inc., Architecture and Urban Design, Tokyo, and a member 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.

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