Category Archives: Urban Studies

Rural-Urban Interaction and Social Change

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Rural-urban interaction is an important aspect of urbanisation. It is very probable that urbanisation and urban growth would have their impact on rural areas and activities in rural areas would have their effect on the nearby towns and cities.  Urbanisation … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Kinship Societies into Tributary Societies: An Important Step in Development of Cities

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

The first cities emerged as a result of a fundamental reorganization of food production and economic diversification in human societies. Before the advent of cities, ancient peoples lived in clan groups and villages organized around extended kin, or family, relationships … Continue reading →

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Urban Primacy,the Primate City and Rank Size Rule

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Urban Primacy is when one city is dominantly large in a group of cities. Usually when a largest city is over twice as large as the next city, this would constitute urban primacy. Other measures are more rigorous whereby a … Continue reading →

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Urban Density: An Oversimplified Concept?

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Urban Density refers to the way people and buildings interact. Urban density is a term used in  planning and  design to refer to the number of people inhabiting a given urbanized area. As such it is to be distinguished from other measures of population density. … Continue reading →

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