Ekistics is back!

Abstract

Welcome to the reimagined and contemporary international journal of Ekistics and the New Habitat: the problems and science of human settlements. On behalf of the international board of editors, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this very special edition led by Professor Dr. Derya Oktay, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. Professor Oktay’s Special Issue is a fitting volume of work identifying the many dimensions of contemporary and emerging habitat development pressures in Turkey. We invite scholars, students, practitioners, lay citizens, politicians and entrepreneurs to read the works of authors developed in this issue. The ideas and context of investigations contained in Turkey, Urbanism and the New Habitat are fresh, and exemplify the direction the Editorial Board seeks to reimagine Ekistics for our emerging millennia. The Editorial Board has many issues in production including, but not limited to: • India & Jugaad – The impact of innovation by the resilient Indian mind on habitat – Guest Editor Prof. Brinda Somaya. • Cities and Transport in the Mediterranean Region – Guest Editor Prof. Dr. George Giannopoulos • Saudi Vision 2030 - Habitats for Sustainable Development – Guest Editor Assist. Prof. Dr. Yenny Rahmayati • The Global Pacific: Island and Coastal Human Habitats – Guest Editor Assist. Prof. /Lecturer Dr. Ian Fookes. • Tribute to the late Panayis Psomopoulos who along with Constantinos Doxiadis, assured Ekistics remained very well regarded in over 46 countries and at all UN Habitat presentations and the majority world countries up until his passing. • Special issue on new theories and propositions in Ekistics led by a team with Prof. Dr. Ray Bromley, Catharine Nagashima and Prof. Dr. Christopher Benninger among others. • Regular Issues and new back issues previously unpublished.