Category Archives: Urban Footprint

Dear Readers, Here are Videos highlighting a new perspective on interplay of Urbanisation and Environment. Hope they will instigate to think and answer your questions- and of course give you new questions.The videos delve on Urban Growth and Environmental Impact.They … Continue reading →

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Key Processes of Urbanisation in India- and the World

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Rashid Faridi

As human settlements increased in size and complexity, the social networks based on kinship relations began to break down. In a village community organized around extended families, everyone knew each other and interacted with other community members in close, face-to-face … Continue reading →

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Urban Planning in India: A Perspective

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Rashid Faridi

Urban Planning is not New. It was there in Mesopotamia. It was there in Indus Valley.It was there in Chanakya’s Writings. Where there were cities there was planning. The planning was the result of realities of the times.Now it is … Continue reading →

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