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Konvitz, Josef Wolf was born on July 27, 1946 in New York City. Son of Milton Ridvas and Mary (Traub) Konvitz.
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The Urban Millennium focuses upon the spatial adaptation of cities as a factor in urbanization. Konvitz explores how the evolution of city building strategies has accompanied and facilitated other aspects of urban development. By taking a long historical perspective, he shows that cities were more easily adapted to changing circumstances before and during the industrialization. Konvitz also draws out the implications of his analysis for contemporary urban problems. He challenges many contemporary assumptions of architecture and city planning and suggests that we should learn to appreciate an approach to building which allows for the continual modification of individual structures and districts, and which places more control over the environment in the hands of the users.
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( French scientists, engineers, and public officials were...)
French scientists, engineers, and public officials were responsible for the most important and distinctive innovations in cartography in eighteenth-century Europe. By expanding the analytical uses of maps, by establishing unprecedented standards of accuracy, and by nurturing institutional frameworks to sustain mapping projects over many years, the French contributed to one of the central concepts of modern times: that man, through direct observation and accumulated information can better understand and manage his affairs. Concentrating on how and why new concepts and techniques of making and using maps were introduced, Josef Konvitz skillfully traces the modernization of cartography during the French Enlightenment. The story he unfolds is not merely a narrative of who did what, but an analysis of how the map itself influenced attitudes toward the land and the consequent effects on planning and the development of resources. Throughout, Konvitz demonstrates the significant relationship between cartography and political, economic, and military life. He emphasizes efforts to enlarge the practical applications of maps in government and the impact of government policy on the evolution of cartography.
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international civil servant history educator
Konvitz, Josef Wolf was born on July 27, 1946 in New York City. Son of Milton Ridvas and Mary (Traub) Konvitz.
Bachelor with honors, Cornell University, 1967. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1973.
Assistant professor history Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1973-1978, associate professor, 1978-1985, professor, 1985-1995. Principal administrator Urban Affairs Division/Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1992-1996, head of division, 1996-1999, head division territorial policies and prospects, 1999-2001, head division territorial reviews and sustainable development, since 2001. Director associate studies Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris, 1989.
Member board experts Port and City Project, Plan-Construction-Architecture, French Ministry Equipment, 1990-1995. Visiting professor University of the West of England, since 1998.
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Member American History Association, Society French History Studies, Society History Technology, Society History Science, Urban History Association (board directors 1989-1993).
Married Isa Naomi Schwartzberg, June 15, 1969. Children: Eli Raphael, Ezra Daniel.