Category Archives: Urban Studies

Urban Planning, Settlement Practices, and Issues of Justice in Contemporary Kolkata : An Article by Iman Mitra

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Iman Mitra This abstract seeks to bring together two aspects of life, livelihood, and habitation practices in the city – the phenomenon of urbanization and that of rural-to-urban migration. At the same time, it attempts to foreground the issue of … Continue reading →

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Social Disorganization Leads to Urban Crime?

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

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 Rashid Faridi

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 Rashid Faridi

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 →