Daily Archives: March 4, 2012

Urban Sprawl: India’s slumming ‘n’ shining

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Even as the glitz quotient goes up in the cities, with the number of shopping malls and multiplexes rapidly increasing, there is a less glamorous, but faster, growth of the urban slums. Today, one in every seven city dwellers lives in … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Urban Finland One of the main reasons why there are little options for sprawl-like development today is zoning. Or more specifically, the way we zone. A simple description of zoning is the practice of isolating land-uses into zones of their … Continue reading →

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