Monthly Archives: November 2018

London on course to become one of the greenest and most sustainable cities

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Life & Soul Magazine:
London, one of the busiest cities in the world, is aiming to become one of the greenest and most sustainable cities in the world thanks to a raft of new initiatives. With London’s population projected to…

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Future City: A Vision by Sabia Haneef

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Future City… City :  In many ways the smart city is simply good urban planning that incooperate both advances in digital technology and new thinking in the age-old city of relationship, community environmental sustainability, participatory transparency. Often, the intelligent city … Continue reading →

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Urban Design in the Age of Undifferentiated Crisis

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on machines of urbanization:
Syllabus blurb for advanced seminar in urban design theory and practice, Iowa State University, Spring 2019 screenshot of promotional video by MIT Urban Risk Lab’s Prephub project URB D 522: Contemporary Urban Design Practices/ARCH…

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Concentric Zone model or CCD Model of Burgess

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Urban Environments are complex interacting systems constantly adopting to changes in technology, culture and science. In order to understand how they evolved one must look at the structure. In 1924 Burgess gave the first model explaining the social and economic … Continue reading →

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