ekistics
Meanings
noun
- The scientific study of human settlements, and the planning and design of cities and other communities.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἰκίστικα (oikístika), from οἰκιστής (oikistḗs, “colonizer”). Coined by Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis in 1942.
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