Category Archives: earth

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Coronavirus pandemic, worldwide

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/g24mBFUq-mY This 30 April 2020 video says about itself: Pakistan: Doctors on hunger strike for PPE beaten and tortured by police Health workers in Pakistan are on hunger strike and occupying hospitals to…

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