Urbanism as a Chinese Way of Life

Urbanism as a Chinese Way of Life MARTIN KING WHYTE

TWO GENERATIONS have passed since Louis Wirth (1938) published his influential and controversial piece, &dquo;Urbanism as a Way of Life,&dquo; which attempted to specify the universal features of urban places. Since then his effort has often been criticized, yet the question of whether there are universals of urbanism continues to fascinate urban sociologists (see, for example, Duncan 1957; Dew...

A New Approach to Chinese Urbanism

Coupling as a way of life.

More than three decades years ago, Aharon Katchalsky and Ora Kedem (1958, 1962) pointed out that the essence of biological transport is coupling. This insight was not so much a deduction as a concise summary of observations. At an elementary level, movement of a solute in the simplest aqueous solution implies movement of a hydration shell, and therefore movement of water, thence coupling of wat...

Christian Faith as a Way of Life

the Holy Father goes out of his way to praise the many positive contributions to human self-understanding made by philosophers who presuppose a split between faith and reason. For more on Fides et Ratio , see my “Fides et Ratio: A ‘Radical’ Vision of Intellectual Inquiry,” pp. 13-31 in Alice Ramos and Marie George, eds., Faith, Scholarship and Culture in the 21st Century (American Maritain Asso...

Listening as a way of Life

YCVN is a national project promoting listening within the early years. the network supports local authorities in developing good practice in listening to young children, so that young children’s views may inform policy and improve early childhood services. Local authorities across the country have established local networks that focus on developing a listening culture. these networks support pr...