Category Archives: Urban Studies

Social Disorganization Leads to Urban Crime?

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

The research on urban crime is generally of two types. There are studies that compare cities, seeking to understand why some have higher crime rates than others. And there are studies that focus on explaining variations in crime levels within … Continue reading →

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Indian Place Names and Meaning

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

One of the oldest tenants of geography is the concept of place. As a result, place has numerous definitions, from the simple “a space or location with meaning” to the more complex “an area having unique physical and human characteristics … Continue reading →

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Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilisation – Some History

Posted on August 31, 2019 by

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning ‘between two rivers’) was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, … Continue reading →

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Semitic: Languages of Oldest People

Posted on August 28, 2019 by

The Semitic languages, previously also named Syro-Arabian languages, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family originating in the Middle East that are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of Western Asia, Levant Region,North Africa and the … Continue reading →

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