Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

Unknown's avatar

About Rashid Faridi

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

The deceiving thing about the big, historic drop in CO2 emissions

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on The Extinction Chronicles:
https://mashable.com/article/carbon-emissions-drop-2020-coronavirus/ BY MARK KAUFMAN1 DAY AGO Eye-opening, powerful words are now used to describe plummeting CO2 emissions in 2020. It “would be the largest decrease in emissions ever recorded,” the International Energy Agency said Thursday. Spurred by…

Posted in earth | 2 Comments

Urbanization as a Socio-Cultural Process

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Cities are social artifacts and stand apart from the countryside, in terms of the higher degree of its acceptance of foreign and cross-cultural influences. It is a melting pot of people with diverse ethnic, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. Seen in … Continue reading →

Posted in Class Notes, earth, Urban Studies | Leave a comment

Dot and Point Maps

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Dot Maps use dots (or points) to demonstrate the existence of a subject or a feature. It’s a lot like Bubble Maps (Proportional Symbol Maps), but the dots’ sizes don’t depend on their values, as there’s no size setting.  These … Continue reading →

Posted in earth | Leave a comment

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (April 16-31)

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

THE DIRT Rendering of Carpenter Park, Dallas / Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture Landscape Planner: Post-pandemic World Could Be “a Little bit Slower and a Whole Lot Greener” — The Houston Chronicle, 04/30/20 “Kinder Baumgardner is especially attuned to space, how … Continue reading →

Posted in earth | Leave a comment