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Category Archives: earth
Settlement Planning: An Overview
The distribution of farmstead, newly created hamlets and refugee camps the best layout of roads , location of service centres, construction of houses for poor and planning of buildings are the problems, which could be solved by the coordinated and … Continue reading
Posted in Class Notes, earth, Urban Studies
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Multiple Nuclei Model of Harris and Ullman
Multiple nuclei model of 1945 by C.D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman is based on the argument that the cities have multiple growth points or “nuclei” around which growth take place. This model was given in an article by them “The Nature of … Continue reading
Posted in Class Notes, earth, urban morphology, Urban Studies
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Problems of Cities
World is urbanising fast, and this unprecedented pace is causing problems. Some of the problems of urbanisation are Urban Sprawl Overcrowding Housing Unemployment Slums and Squatter Settlements Transport Water Issues Sewerage Problems Trash Disposal Urban Crimes Urban Pollution Poverty Climate … Continue reading
Posted in Class Notes, earth, urban morphology, Urban Studies
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Buildings that go extinct
Originally posted on Architecture Here and There:
Image from atop McMansion Hell’s defense of modern architecture. (mcmansionhell.com) Here is an interesting article in The Baffler, “The Archivists of Extinction,” by McMansion Hell blogger Kate Wagner. She focuses her microscope on…
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