Category Archives: Urban Studies

Future City by Heena Khatoon

As the name ‘Future City’ itself indicates the face of upcoming cities to 20 years. Before planning a model of the future city, first, we have to keep in the mind about the location where we are going to imply … Continue reading →

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Future City: Class Assignment by Farhin Sultana

            “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real”.             The distribution of people in an area of the country is affected by culture, landscape and economic changes to the dispersion of people in an area can have … Continue reading →

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Settlement Planning: An Overview

The distribution of farmstead, newly created hamlets and refugee camps the best layout of roads , location of service centres, construction of houses for poor and planning of buildings are the problems, which could be solved by the coordinated and … Continue reading →

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Multiple Nuclei Model of Harris and Ullman

Multiple nuclei model of 1945 by C.D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman is based on the argument that the cities have multiple growth points or “nuclei” around which growth take place. This model was given in an article by them “The Nature of … Continue reading →

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