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will nyc sustain this population growth, if not then???

Posted by rsikri
October 30, 2009

The desire to peer into the future is a human trait as old as the biblical prophets and the oracle at Delphi. Such is the case today as the realization becomes every day more clear that the advanced economices of the world are entering a new global, information-based, post-industrial stage of development that promises new [...]

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Public Plaza/Square at the intersection of roads and within the blocks…

Posted by rsikri
October 15, 2009

                                                                                                           

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Image of the city

Posted by rsikri
October 2, 2009

The two articles “The City Image and its elements” by Kevin Lynch and “The Neighborhood, District, and the corridor” by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Zyberk deals with the aspect that there is a public image of any city which is the overlap of many individual images. Kevin Lynch article deals with the structure of a [...]

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The City Beautiful-Chandigarh (India)

Posted by rsikri
September 18, 2009

  Serenity and a city are two diametrically opposite concepts, which however, get belied in the ‘City Beautiful’. Chandigarh is a rare epitome of modernization co-existing with nature’s preservation. It is here that the trees and plants are as much a part of the construction plans as the buildings and the roads. India’s first planned [...]