Ekistics,ecumenopolis and the wilderness |
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Authors: | Gerald Dix |
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Affiliation: | Gerald Dix is Lever Professor of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool, Abercromby Square, PO Box 147, Liverpool l5L69 3BX, UK |
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Abstract: | In this paper, threats to the world's wilderness areas are reviewed. The author argues for a global approach to this encroachment, so that countries struggling against adverse social and economic conditions are not forced to pay the price of mistakes made due to genuine ignorance or the greed of the more advanced nations. A classification of wilderness areas is given, and the threats facing them are outlined. The author then moves on to explain how ekistics, the science of human settlments, can be applied to the problem. In this way, he suggests, man's need to develop and the environment's need for protection can be united. The paper concludes with a plea for a multi-disciplinary approach and, more important, a general awareness that all environmental issues are related. |
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Keywords: | wilderness conservation economic growth |
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