Category Archives: urban morphology

Cities Need Trees to Survive

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Trees improve the livability  and sustainability of our cities in many ways. For many years tree canopy in our urban areas has been decreasing. Large mature trees which reach the end of their lives are often replaced with smaller species. These replanted trees then struggle to … Continue reading →

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Pocket Parks: An Innovative Way to Use Small Urban Open Space

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Pocket parks, also known as minipark or vest-pocket parks, are urban open space atthe very small scale. Usually only a few house lots in size or smaller, pocket parks canbe tucked into and scattered throughout the urban fabric where they … Continue reading →

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Changing Urban scenario in the Nineteenth Century in Ottoman Urban Space

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

In nineteenth-century, urban space in the Balkans underwent a drastic change. The urban population constantly expanded, with Christians especially increasing in number. Owing to energetic activity on the part of non-Muslim merchants and artisans, the urban economy as a whole … Continue reading →

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Centrality in Cities and Social Life

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Uncovering the production process of social life in urban spatial settings is one of the essentials in the development of modern urban planning and design (Lefebvre 1991). Spatial structure refers to a set of spatial relationships arising out of the … Continue reading →

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