scholarly journals Love and hatred: Changing relations between the city governments of Budapest and the national governments

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (420/421) ◽  
pp. 218-226
Author(s):  
György Enyedi ◽  
Krisztina Keresztély
Keyword(s):  
Urban Geography ◽  
Hungarian Academy ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
Regional Studies ◽  
Honorary Member ◽  
City Governments ◽  
The World ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Professor Enyedi obtained his M.A. in Economics (1953) and his Ph. D in Economic Geography (1958) at the Budapest University of Economics. He worked for the Institute of Geography, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1960-1983 , head of department, deputy director); in 1983, he founded the Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (general director, 1983-1991; chairman of the scientific council, 1991-to date). He was elected member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1982) and of Academia Europaea (London). Professor Enyedi has participated in a number of international research projects organized by UNESCO, ICSU, International Geographical Union, European Science Foundation, etc. He was the chairman of the IGU Commission on Rural Development (1972-1984), and the Vice President of the IGU (1984-1992). He is an honorary member of the British Royal, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian and Polish Geographical Societies. Professor Enyedi has authored 24, and edited 15 scientific books, and over 300 scientific papers. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics. Dr Keresztély is Head of the Department at the Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. Her studies include an MA in Hungarian and International History, University Eötvös Lórùnd Tudomány Egyetem, Budapest; Diplome d'Études Approfondies in Urban Geography, University of Nanterre, Paris-X; and PhD in Urban Geography, École Normale Supérieure, Paris. Her main activities focus on research in urban geography, urban policies, and urban culture; presentation of papers at major international conferences in Seoul, Korea; Berlin, Germany; Montreal, Canada; and Vienna, Austria, and a substantial number of publications. Dr Keresztely is a member of the World Society for Ekistics.

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 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 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 Towards a megalopolitan world?

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (420/421) ◽  
pp. 228-247
Author(s):  
I. B.F. Kormoss
Keyword(s):  
World Society ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Honorary Member ◽  
North West ◽  
The World

The author is Professor Emeritus, College of Europe, Honorary Secretary General of the Conference of Regions of North West Europe, Bruges, Belgium. Professor Kormoss is also an Honorary Member of the World Society for Ekistics, and corresponding Member of the ARL, Hanover.

scholarly journals The battle against PM2.5 is on

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Wang
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Research And Policy

Abstract On 21 February 2014, almost 15% of China (mostly in the east) was enveloped by haze with hazardous PM2.5 pollutants (particulate matter with size smaller than 2.5 μm). This is a problem that had also frequently occurred in 2013. During the subsequent meeting of the Chinese parliament in mid-March 2014, a national battle against air pollution in future years is proposed ‘in order to accelerate the overall environmental initiatives and improve people's quality of life’. Zhongli Ding, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a climatologist with extensive experience in research and policy making, stated clearly that only the most stringent environment standard implementation could curb the present problem. Never before has a country faced such complex conditions as China. ‘We have London fog and San Francisco's smog combined, and moreover, 10 provinces and cities in eastern China, including Beijing and Tianjin, accounting for only 0.6% of the world land area, but the highest per unit area emission in the world; the entire Hebei province is one big smokestack.’ In an interview with NSR and a meteorologist Huijun Wang, Ding talked about how China is currently combating with air pollution.

scholarly journals Articulating electronic space for interaction

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 176-190
Author(s):  
Mit Mitropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Vice President ◽  
World Society ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Space Networks ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The author has been working on communications with and without technology, and was guest-editor of the Ekistics special issue with the same title (October 1983). His Edinburgh University 1974 Ph.D was on Space Networks, considering space as a network. Born into a family of sailors, he grew up on ocean-going boats, and for three years was a Naval Intelligence officer. He was active in the 1968-and-after period in Northern European universities. He has acted as consultant to national/international bodies and, being invited to look into Europe as-a-whole, or into the Aegean Sea, or into the Mediterranean, he has formulated proposals to change policy (although cannot claim being successful in trying). Having combined behavioral sciences with visual arts, he has contributed to the art-science-technology field two on-going series of projects and project-proposals: the video communications installations Face-to-Face, and geopolitical art. He has concentrated on islands both for observations of communications issues and using telecommunications for quality development, and also for the ongoing series of minimal constructions on coastal remote sites. As a student he was invited to the Delos 1969 Symposion on Networks, and is a member of the World Society for Ekistics - for which society he has also acted as vice-president. He has not sailed through the Pacific. The text that follows is a slightly edited version of a paper presented by the author at the international symposion on "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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