Category Archives: Urban Studies

Jungle in Heart of the City

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

We discovered jungle in the heart of the city- this time in Edinburgh.These are called London Road Gardens once a stone Quarry.

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Basic Categories of Land Use Change in an Urban System

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Although cities as we know them  occupy the same location for centuries, the  physical infrastructure which comprise the built environment are not static but altered continuously by dynamic forces of change initiated by various public and private interests. This modification of … Continue reading →

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Ethnoburbs: New Faces of Changing Settlement Dynamics

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

As urbanism is a new way of life in the fast urbanising world, many new settlement systems are emerging.An ethnoburb is such a type. An ethnoburb is a suburban residential as well as business area with a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population. Although … Continue reading →

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Four Pillars of City Sustainability

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Rashid Faridi

Nowadays,there are two buzzwords-Resilience and Sustainable.David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, in an interesting post looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument shows that precisely the characteristics that make many urban systems resilient can also make … Continue reading →

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