[i-ki-stish-uh
n, ee-ki-] 
| a person who specializes in ekistics. |
| e·kis·tics (ĭ-kĭs'tĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The science of human settlements, including city or community planning and design. [Modern Greek oikistikē, from feminine of Greek oikistikos, of settlements, from oikistēs, colonizer, founder, from oikizein, to settle, from oikos, house; see economy.] e·kis'tic, e·kis'ti·cal adj., ek'is·ti'cian (ěk'ĭ-stĭsh'ən) n. |