Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

About Rashid Faridi

I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.

Research method in urban studies: principles and guidelines

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Rashid Faridi

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The blog attempts to articulate the research method, especially within the field of urban studies. The chart attempts to decode the various knowledge territories that are operative functionally as well as spatially within various research areas. The chart…

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Gladys West Modelled the Earth So That We Can Have GPS

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Rashid Faridi

The name Gladys West is probably unfamiliar, but she was part of creating something you probably use often enough: GPS. You wouldn’t think a child who grew up on a sharecropping farm would wind up as an influential mathematician, but … Continue reading →

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Urban Growth underpinned by Livability and Sustainable Growth — MENA-Forum

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Rashid Faridi

What drives the shape of cities, and what actions can policymakers take to guide their growth? The authors of Pancakes to Pyramids set out to find out. I am pleased to say that they have succeeded in increasing our understanding … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Tourism: Antecedent to Modern Tourism

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Rashid Faridi

It will be interesting to know how tourism must have really started. In the early days people the movement from one place to another was in search for food which was either animals or area where wild berries could be … Continue reading →