The emergence of ‘mega cities’ is a growing phenomenon. It is seen as an undeniable manifestation of modernity. But who’s idea of modernity? Many cities in emerging nations caught up in the global process of urban regeneration ...

If urban migration trend is compared worldwide, developing countries have a higher percentage. This is because the number of people added each year escalates to add more to the already increasing population. We have ...

Recent years have seen a rapidly growing public debate about the welfare of children around the world. According to UNICEF, a Childfriendly City is a system of good local governance committed to the fullest implementation ...

This paper explores a link between pedestrian space based safety facilitating strategies formulated for urban settlements. Pedestrian spaces which can be simply address as streets and alleys are major elements of a city. ...

This paper broadly aims at understanding the concept of smart city movement and development from Indian perspective. An attempt is made to review and understand the concept and definitions of smart cities in India and ...

Alongside rapid urbanization of the region and the city, Bahrain has placed a significant emphasis on the revival of historical cultural and built heritage, in recent years. Focused on attracting global attention and ...

Urban recreational spaces are meant for people to gather, relax, refresh and improve their interaction, thus should be designed consciously and sensitively to have a positive impact on a person’s cognition. The indicator ...

Although highly populated districts like Colombo, suffer from decrement of open public spaces, there are many unused areas within the city which has not considered for its full potential. It’s observed that most of them ...

A silent industrial revolution has been taking place on the banks of river Buriganga, Zinzira, Dhaka. In comparison with other giant industries, Zinzira have been playing a significant role off the record in recent years. ...

“Cluster” means purely a grouping. Industries and firms are geographically concentrated as clusters. Location behaviour of firms of a particular industry tends to be clustered together in space as clustering enables ...