Monthly Archives: November 2018

 Howard Nelson’s Classification of Cities

Nelson through his classification removed the shortcomings of the earlier classifications by using a stated procedure that could be objectively checked by other workers. His paper ‘A Service Classification of American Cities’ was published in the journal Geography in 1955. … Continue reading

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Classification of Cities by Chauncy D. Harris

Chauncy D. Harris remedied the deficiencies of the former subjective and judgement-based classifications. In his paper ‘A Functional Classification of Cities in the United States (1943)’, he was able to identify quantitatively dominant function out of multifunctional  character of cities. He … Continue reading

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Future City of Wajeeha Nadeem

            Future city starts with a question – how can we make the world a better place? To answer it, we imagine, design, research and built cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue. It … Continue reading

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Future City Plan by Toiba Gulnaz

In this assignment, the main focus is to show the creativity in developing the plan for the future city. The main idea is to show what our future cities would consist, where they might develop, and what will be the … Continue reading

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