scholarly journals A comprehensive planning framework for the National Aviation System, USA

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 250-258
Author(s):  
Suhail Al Chalabi
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
The Third ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The City

The author, Vice-President of the ai Chalabi Group (ACG), Ltd., Chicago, USA, is an architect, graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and of the Graduate School of Ekistics of the Athens Technological Institute, Greece, and also a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). He has over 30 years of experience as a regional planner and transportation planner; he served in several state, city and regional government positions in the USA and, prior to joining the al Chalabi Group, he was Commissioner of Economic Development for the City of Chicago. For ten years the al Chalabi Group has been actively involved in all aspects of planning for the Third Airport for the Chicago region. They have conducted aviation and demographic forecasts; estimated socio-economicand development impacts; and coordinated ground transportation improvement for this 5 billion dollar project. The text that follows was distributed to the participants at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001, which the author was finally unable to attend.

scholarly journals A future for the historical city of Hikone

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 192-201
Author(s):  
Takashi Doi
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Technological Organization ◽  
College Of Technology ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
House Design ◽  
The City

The author, currently professor at the School of Human Cultures, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan, teaches house design, carries out research leading to a theory on the spatial structure of human settlements in Japan, and parallely acts as a design advisor for human settlements as well as a practicing architect. Dr Doi, who was born in Yokohama, took his degrees as an architect-engineer - Bachelors, Masters, and Ph. D in engineering - from Kyoto University. He completed the Education Program provided by the Graduate School of Ekistics of the Athens Technological Organization, Greece, and studied at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), where his advisor was Professor Kevin Lynch. Prior to his present position, he was a member of the teaching staff, Department of Architecture, Kyoto University and a Professor of Architecture at the Akashi National College of Technology. Dr Doi has been a member of the World Society for Ekistics since 1986. 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 A New Park for Shanghai

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-178
Author(s):  
Estanislau Roca ◽  
Inés Aquilué
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railroad Tracks ◽  
Positive Balance ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Ecological Continuity ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The City

This article summarizes the urban proposal of the team led by Professor Estanislau Roca, consisting of professors and students of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), for the International Student Urban Design Competition for Shanghai Railway Station presented in 2015 at the Haishang Cultural Center in Shanghai. Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tongji University, Cardiff University, Southeast University of Nanjing and UPC participated in the competition. The UPC team won a second ex aequo prize with MIT. The UPC proposal represents the urban redevelopment of an extensive area located in the heart of the city of Shanghai, where the creation of a park comprising about 40 hectares was conceived. The park is designed to form a vast new space in the city, in an area covered by railroad tracks east of the Shanghai Railway Station, which form a great barrier that divides the Zhabei District into two disconnected parts. In the framework of the Shanghai Master Plan 2020–2040, the metropolitan scale is reflected at the local level. The proposal reinforces the continuity of green and blue through strategies that connect the new park with other existing open urban spaces and rivers. Furthermore, it enhances ecological continuity and stimulates regeneration. The project contributes to improving problems with air pollution while at the same time making the currently adopted measures more economically sustainable. Conceived from a holistic perspective, the idea is modelled on a harmonious, inclusive, friendly, smart, accessible, sustainable city networked through the state-of-the-art technology that is essential for such complex urban transformations. What is more, it rigorously pursues economic viability throughout each stage of implementation by guaranteeing that each phase finances itself while maintaining the ledger in a positive balance.

Importance of Perpetual Government-University-Industry (GUI) Collaboration Today

2014 ◽  
pp. 403-410
Author(s):  
Bryan Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycles ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
University Industry

The globalization of the 21st century has changed economic and other realities far beyond the expectations of most individuals. The competitive landscape continues to be reinvented due to such factors as accelerating globalization, changing demographics, rapid technological advances, shorter business/product life cycles, innovation, and productivity. This chapter focuses on why there is a need for perpetual Government-University-Industry (GUI) collaboration, especially in advanced economies, and some options on how to achieve it effectively. The chapter commences with an introduction to the realities of contemporary globalism that have raised the need for this collaboration, and the body then outlines the status of GUI collaboration in the world’s four largest economies: China, India, Japan, and the USA. There is a model example of ideal GUI collaboration in the discussion section for reference. The conclusion synthesizes the earlier discussions and provides suggestions for consideration regarding optimum GUI collaboration, most notably a list of seven “Best Practices” provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA.

Importance of Perpetual Government-University-Industry (GUI) Collaboration Today

2014 ◽  
pp. 1392-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycles ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
University Industry

The globalization of the 21st century has changed economic and other realities far beyond the expectations of most individuals. The competitive landscape continues to be reinvented due to such factors as accelerating globalization, changing demographics, rapid technological advances, shorter business/product life cycles, innovation, and productivity. This chapter focuses on why there is a need for perpetual Government-University-Industry (GUI) collaboration, especially in advanced economies, and some options on how to achieve it effectively. The chapter commences with an introduction to the realities of contemporary globalism that have raised the need for this collaboration, and the body then outlines the status of GUI collaboration in the world’s four largest economies: China, India, Japan, and the USA. There is a model example of ideal GUI collaboration in the discussion section for reference. The conclusion synthesizes the earlier discussions and provides suggestions for consideration regarding optimum GUI collaboration, most notably a list of seven “Best Practices” provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA.

Teaching Creative Engineering: Education in Japan and the USA

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teruaki Ito ◽  
Alexander H. Slocum
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
The University

This paper describes two approaches to teaching engaging creative engineering design classes. Both of these classes have evolved over many years using feedback from annual class reviews. One is the computer-aided design class, CAD-EX, at the University of Tokushima (UT) in Japan, and the other is the introductory design and manufacturing class, 2.007, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA. Comparing these two classes conducted in two difference countries, this paper discusses how we created learning environments that engage students in a variety of design-related activities.

scholarly journals Disabled people in disabling settlements

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
Panayis Psomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Technological Organization ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The author is an architect/town and regional planner with nearly fifty years of architectural and planning practice of which twenty years were with C.A. Doxiadis and/or Doxiadis Associates , of which he was a Vice-President until 1987. Parallel to the above he has held various posts within the non-profit Athens Technological Organization: he was Vice-President and Director of International Programs at the Athens Center of Ekistics (ACE) including the series of annual Delos Symposia and the Athens Ekistics Months. He was subsequently Director of the Graduate School of Ekistics while contributing to the research projects, and has been President of ACE since 1975. He took on the post of Acting Editor of Ekistics in 1977 and has been Editor since 1983. He is a Founding Member and has been Secretary-General/Treasurer of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE) since 1965. The text that follows is a revised and expanded version of a presentation by the author at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

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