Category Archives: Class Notes

Trends and Patterns of Global Urbanisation: Distinction Between Two Terms and an Overview

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

A trend is a change or development towards something new or different. A pattern is the repeated or regular way in which something happens or is done.It is an arrangement of lines or shapes, especially a design in which the same shape is repeated at regular intervals over a surface. Global Trends of Urbanisation … Continue reading →

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Step by Step Preparation of a Questionnaire

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

A questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a series of questions (or other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from respondents. The questionnaire was invented by the Statistical Society of London in 1838. Questionnaires are a … Continue reading →

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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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 Howard Nelson’s Classification of Cities

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

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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