| 单词 |
ekistics |
| 释义 |
ekistics|ɪˈkɪstɪks|
[f. mod.Gr. ἡ οἰκιστική, f. Gr. οἰκιστικός relating to settlement, f. οἰκίζ-ειν to settle (a colony), f. οἶκος house, dwelling.]
A name given by C. A. Doxiadis to the study of human settlements and the way they develop and adapt themselves to changing circumstances. Hence eˈkistic a., relating to ekistics; ekiˈstician |-ʃən|, one who studies or is versed in ekistics.
1959C. A. Doxiadis in Rep. Proc. Town & Country Plan. Summer Sch. (Town Plan. Inst.) 119 Ekistics, as a scientific discipline, can be divided into Ekistic geography, Ekistic economy, social Ekistics, and the other branches which..make up its whole and..relate it to the neighbour sciences of geography, economics, sociology, etc. 1968New Society 26 Sept. 456/1 Only the new science of ekistics can embrace the whole study of human settlements and their planning, in all their manifold elements. 1968C. A. Doxiadis Ekistics ii. 75 Among all the experts who deal with the problems of human settlements, the Ekistician should be the one who has the most inter-disciplinary approach. Ibid. 516 Ekistics, science of human settlements. Term coined by the author..; first used in his lectures of 1942 at the Athens Technical University. |
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