ekistics
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of ekistics
1955–60; coined by Constantine A. Doxiadus (1913–1975), Greek urbanologist, ultimately < Greek oikistikōs, derivative of oikisía settlement, derivative of oîkos house; see -ics
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Doxiadis invariably supplied the framework for those discussions: ekistics.
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Among the most grandiose are those advanced by Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, 56, inventor and prophet of "ekistics," meaning the science of human settlements.
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A better stimulator of ideas than he is a designer, he is also a tireless preacher of the notion that ekistics must include many different disciplines.
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Beyond that, Doxiadis was something of an oracle, the inventor and tireless promoter of ekistics, which he defined as the science of human settlements.
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