scholarly journals The editor's page

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
P. Psomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
World Society ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Introductory Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The University ◽  
General Adoption ◽  
Day Program

"For a long time I have considered any opportunity to collaborate with Dr Ingrid Leman Stefanovic a privilege. This time the opportunity was offered by the international Symposion on "The Natural City" sponsored by the University of Toronto and the World Society for Ekistics which took place on the campus of the university and was organized and chaired by her on behalf of both sponsors. I wish to thank her for having accepted to act as guest editor for this volume of Ekistics in spite of her very heavy commitments due to her role as Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto. I also wish to express my admiration for her inspired and inspiring introductory statement on the concept of the natural city (see pp. 8 and 9). In this Symposion, an international and interdisciplinary group of approx. 100 experts and a fairly large number of other participants and students held a very intensive three-day program - 4 plenary and 28 special sessions, with several papers and discussions in each (see p. 2) - determined to challenge the erroneous but still prevailing perception of "human settlements" and "nature" as independent of each other; and, to stress the need for the general adoption of the integration of these two notions , which is inherent in the approach of both convenors of the Symposion."

scholarly journals The editor's page

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (427-429) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
P. Psomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
World Society ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Introductory Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The University ◽  
General Adoption ◽  
Day Program

For a long time I have considered any opportunity to collaborate with Dr Ingrid Leman Stefanovic a privilege. This time the opportunity was offered by the international Symposion on 'The Natural City" sponsored by the University of Toronto and the World Society for Ekistics which took place on the campus of the university and was organizedand chaired by her on behalf of both sponsors. I wish to thank her for having accepted to act as guest editor for this volume of Ekistics in spite of her very heavy commitments due to her role as Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto. I also wish to express my admiration for her inspired and inspiring introductory statement on the concept of the natural city (see pp. 168 and 169). In this Symposion, an international and interdisciplinary group of approx. 100 experts and a fairly large number of other participants and students held a very intensive three-day program - 4 plenary and 28 special sessions, with several papers and discussions in each (see p. 162) - determined to challenge the erroneous but still prevailing perception of "human settlements" and "nature" as independent of each other; and to stress the need for the general adoption of the integration of these two notions - which is inherent in the approach of both convenors of the Symposion.

scholarly journals Negotiating an ethic of place in a globalizing society

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Ingrid Leman Stefanovic
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Lake Ontario ◽  
World Society ◽  
Special Volume ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Grant

Dr Stefanovic is Director of the Centre for Environment and Professorof Philosophy at the University of Toronto. She is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics and served as Chair of the Natural City symposion, a meeting co-organized by the University of Toronto and the World Society for Ekistics in June 2004, and was guest-editor for the special volume of Ekistics (vol. 71, no. 424-432, 2004) reporting on this symposion. A book of essays is in preparation for the University of Toronto Press, entitled The Natural City: Re-Envisioning the Built Environment. Dr Stefanovic's main area of research interest relates to how values and perceptions affect decision making relating to environment and human settlements. Projects have included work on evaluative images of the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail (reported in Ekistics,vol. 69, no. 415/416/417, July-December 2002) and, more recently, a research grant investigated risk perceptions underlying urban development in designated floodplains. She has published many articles on interdisciplinary issues affecting human settlements and a number of books, including the recent Safeguarding Our Common Future:Rethinking Sustainable Development (SUNY, 2000).

scholarly journals Envisioning the natural city: The guest-editor's foreword

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 8-9
Author(s):  
Ingrid Leman Stefanovic
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
World Society ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Common Future

The author is Guest Editor for the present volume of Ekistics (vol. 71,nos. 424-426 and 427-429, 2004) on The Natural City. Dr Stefanovic agreed to serve as the Director for the new Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, commencing July I, 2005, for a five-year term. She is the former Director of the Division of the Environment, one of the three units now integrated into the new Centre, and former Associate Chair for the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr Stefanovic is a Professor of Philosophy, whose teaching and research focus on values and perceptions of environmental decision making. She has a 30-year teaching and research career in interdisciplinary fields, ranging from environmental ethics to urban planning and environmental policy development. Her most recent book is entitled Safeguarding Our Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Development (SUNY, 2000). Dr Stefanovic, one of the earliest members of the World Society for Ekistics, having served on various occasions as member of the Executive Council and officer of the Society, was the organizer and acted as Chair of the international symposion on"The Natural City," 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals Envisioning the natural city: The guest-editor's foreword

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (427-429) ◽  
pp. 168-169
Author(s):  
Ingrid Leman Stefanovic
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
World Society ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Common Future

The author is Guest Editor for the present volume of Ekistics (vol. 71, nos. 424-426 and 427-429, 2004) on The Natural City. Dr Stefanovic agreed to serve as the Director for the new Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, commencing July I, 2005, for a five-year term.She is the former Director of the Division of the Environment, one of the three units now integrated into the new Centre, and former Associate Chair for the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr Stefanovic is a Professor of Philosophy, whose teaching and research focus on values and perceptions of environmental decision making. She has a 30-year teaching and research career in interdisciplinary fields, ranging from environmental ethics to urban planning and environmental policy development. Her most recent book is entitled Safeguarding Our Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Development (SUNY, 2000). Dr Stefanovic, one of the eartiest members of the World Society for Ekistics, having served on various occasions as member of the Executive Council and officer of the Society, was theorganizer and acted as Chair of the international symposion on The Natural City," 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society of Ekistics.

scholarly journals From the global network of megalopolises to the political partitioning of the world: The guest-editor's introductory statement

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (420/421) ◽  
pp. 134-136
Author(s):  
Calogero Muscarà
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Global Network ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Volume ◽  
Introductory Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
University Of Rome ◽  
The University

The author, guest-editor for the three double issues of this special volume of Ekistics, is Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He has been a member of the Commission Permanente de Géographie Politique chaired by Professor Jean Gottmann. He chaired the Working Group on Geography of Transport of the International Geographical Union from 1980-1988. Professor Muscarà's scientific interests have always focused on the epistemology of geography. He has researched issues on the geography of development and on regionalization, especially regarding its relationships to the dynamics of urbanization. Of his numerous publications, his latest book is on the paradox of federalism in Italy. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals From the global network of megalopolises to the political partitioning of the world: The guest-editor's introductory statement

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (422/423) ◽  
pp. 262-264
Author(s):  
Calogero Muscarà
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Global Network ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Volume ◽  
Introductory Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
University Of Rome ◽  
The University

The author, guest-editor for the three double issues of this special volume of Ekistics, is Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He has been a member of the Commission Permanente de Géographie Politique chaired by Professor Jean Gottmann. He chaired the Working Group on Geography of Transport of the International Geographical Union from 1980-1988. Professor Muscarà's scientific interests have always focused on the epistemology of geography. He has researched issues on the geography of development and on regionalization, especially regarding its relationships to the dynamics of urbanization. Of his numerous publications, his latest book is on the paradox of federalism in Italy. He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals The environmental costs of femininity

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Carly Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
World Society ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
Bachelor Of Arts ◽  
The University

The author graduated in 2004 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. Specializing in "Environment and Society" in the Division of the Environment, her senior thesis constituted the foundation for the present paper reflecting her interests in sustainability, feminism, history, politics and popular culture. She is currently preparing for graduate study in the field of urban planning. The text that follows is an edited and revised version of her paper presented at the international symposion on "The Natural City, " Toronto, 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals Coping with urbanization in China: The role of the sciences of human settlements and planning practice

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 196-206
Author(s):  
Wu Liangyong
Keyword(s):  
Urban Studies ◽  
World Society ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Tsinghua University ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The World ◽  
Urbanization In China ◽  
The University

The author is Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies , Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China; 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 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.

scholarly journals Separating out the levels: Globalization, identity, and the Ekistic Grid in sociological perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (436-441) ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
William Michelson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sociology ◽  
Environmental Sociology ◽  
World Society ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The author is S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of Toronto. His special areas are Urban Sociology and Social Ecology, with a focus on built environments. His most recent book is Time Use: Expanding Explanation in the Social Sciences (Boulder, CO,Paradigm Publishers, 2005). Previous books include: Man and his Urban Environment: A Sociological Approach (1970 and 1976), Environmental Choice, Human Behavior, and Residential Satisfaction (1977), From Sun to Sun: Daily Obligations and Community Structure in the Lives of Employed Women and their Families (1985), Methods in Environmental and Behavioral Research (1987), and the Handbook of Environmental Sociology (2002). He is a member of the World Society for Ekistics, as well as the Royal Society of Canada. The text that follows is a slightly revised and edited version of a paper presented 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.

scholarly journals From Gottmann to Gottmann: Testing a geographical theory

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (418/419) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Calogero Muscarà
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
Working Group ◽  
World Society ◽  
Geographical Union ◽  
International Geographical ◽  
Present Volume ◽  
The World ◽  
University Of Rome ◽  
The University

The author, Guest Editor for the present volume of Ekistics and member of the World Society for Ekistics, is Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He was a member of the Commission Permanente de Géographie Politique chaired by Professor Jean Gottmann. He chaired the Working Group on Geography of Transport of the International Geographical Union from1980-1988. Professor Muscarà' s scientific interests have always focused on the epistemology of geography. He has researched issues on the geography of development and on regionalization, especially regarding its relationships to the dynamics of urbanization. Of his numerous publications, the latest one is on the paradox of federalism in Italy.

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