Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a dangerous new normal for everyone through Lockdown orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. More than a billion people live in slums and … Continue reading →

There is a plethora of Urban Political Institutions. Rao (1974) has identified four problem areas in the study of political institutions, organization and processes in the urban context: 1)Formal political structure 2)Informal political organizations 3)Small town politics and 4)Violence. There … Continue reading →

The Process of Social Thinking has reflection in space. Urban Space becomes the Shaper for thoughts and ideologies. Activities and the ideological and concepts of social processes are related to space. To assess the effects of ideologies within urban space, … Continue reading →