Open AccessSuccess of the City in the 21st Century: Some thoughts arising from presentations
Author(s) -
Tom Fookes
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
ekistics and the new habitat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2653-1313
DOI - 10.53910/26531313-e200269415-417364
Subject(s) - geographer , planner , management , sociology , library science , political science , operations research , engineering , geography , cartography , computer science , artificial intelligence , economics
Dr Fookes is an Associate Professor in the Planning Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked variously through the past 36 years as a geographer-planner, academic, environmental impact assessor, policy analyst, and professional planner. A defining moment in his career path was the two years spent as a student with C.A. Doxiadis at the Athens Center of Ekistics in Greece. As a consequence he has carried through the principles and practices developed in Athens into his professional life. Dr Fookes is leading research and development on Ekistics in Education, and he is currently Vice-President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of some of the thoughts he presented at the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.