Marginal Spaces in the Urban Landscape: Regulated Margins or Incidental Open...
In today's increasingly regulated cities, a noticeable pattern of open space between buildings and streets has emerged. The study shows that marginal spaces, defined as open spaces between buildings...
View ArticleThe Role of Architecture on Tourism Industry: The Problem of (Mis)use of...
This chapter aims to shed light on the nature of architecture, its technological and cultural ramifications on tourism industry. It elucidates the background of issues regarding the interaction between...
View ArticlePolicy Implementation in Urban Bangladesh: Role of Intra-organizational...
The present study intended to explore role of intra-organizational coordination in policy implementation in urban Bangladesh. In doing so, an attempt was also made to investigate why and how problems...
View ArticleConservation practices in India -- A case study of Jaisalmer Fort
This dissertation examines the practical issues involved in conservation of architectural heritage in India. To explore the role of ASI and INTACH, the dissertation analyzes their mandates/legal...
View ArticleUrban flood vulnerability zoning of Cochin City, southwest coast of India,...
The present study identified the various zones vulnerable to urban flood in Cochin City, one of the biggest metro cities on the southwest coast of peninsular India. The analysis and assessment of...
View ArticleChallenges of Coordination in Implementing Urban Policy: The Bangladesh...
The paper analyzes factors that impede inter- and intra-organizational coordination in urban governance in policy implementation. The unit of analysis is the Rajshahi City Corporation, one of six large...
View ArticleGlobal Cultures and Architecture Education: the Case of the India Initiative
How is architectural education enriched by the seemingly peripheral voices of diverse globalcultures? How does the process of creating design propositions within unfamiliar cultures and sites unknown...
View ArticleThe 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results...
Background: The concentration of poverty and adverse environmental circumstances within slums, particularly those in the cities of developing countries, are an increasingly important concern for both...
View ArticlePrinciples of design and craftsmanship in the traditional architecture of...
The study focuses on the sandstone havelis (urban courtyard houses) of the desert city of Jusahner, north-west Rajasthan, India. While the city has been much admired by cortempotary Indian architects,...
View ArticleUsing Satellite Data to Delineate Slum and Non-slum Sample Domains for an...
We describe our approach to develop a sampling frame for slum and non-slum areas using satellite data for an impact evaluation of a reproductive health and family planning program in six cities of...
View ArticleEntropy Approach for Assessment of Urban Growth: A Case Study of Jaipur, INDIA
In India the last 30 years had witnessed a radical transformation of urban scene. In particular, during this period, the one lakh cities and million plus cities began to grow rapidly. In the present...
View ArticleStability and seismic analyses of leaning towers: the case of the minaret in Jam
The leaning Minaret of Jam, one of the tallest in the world, was declared as the Afghanistan's first World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2002. The global stability analysis of the tower against soil...
View ArticleSpatial Metrics to Analyse the Impact of Regional Factors on Pattern of...
In recent years, there has been lot of emphasis on the study of urban land use/ land cover changes to discover the growth pattern due to rapid urbanisation. This study presents spatial metrics and...
View ArticleSEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF THE HISTORICAL SITE OF JAM IN AFGHANISTAN AND...
The Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan was recently included in UNESCO's List of World's Endangered Monuments. The minaret is the world's second tallest (∼60 m) after the Qutub Minar in New Delhi and it is...
View ArticleUrban structure in Kolkata: metrics and modelling through geo-informatics
Urbanization connotes to the growth of a metropolis on being subjected to criteria such as economic, social and political forces as well as the geomorphology of the metropolis. As population and its...
View ArticleVisualization of Urban Growth Pattern in Chennai Using Geoinformatics and...
Urban growth is the spatial pattern of land development to accommodate anthropogenic demand that influences other land uses (e.g.: open spaces, water bodies, etc.). Driven by population increase, urban...
View ArticleEnvironmental Evidence from the Minaret of Jam Archaeological Project,...
"Environmental Evidence from the Minaret of Jam Archaeological Project, Afghanistan."Abstracta Iranica. Revue bibliographique pour le domaine irano-aryen (2006).
View ArticleEVOLUTION OF TOWERS AND MINARET OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE FROM QABUS TOWER TO...
Islamic architecture (that many people believe it is Muslims' architecture) has been developed very well within a vast geographical world of Islam. Studying the evolution of valuable structure, built...
View ArticlePOTTERY FROM JĀM: A MEDIAEVAL CERAMIC CORPUS FROM AFGHANISTAN
This paper presents preliminary results of field recording of ceramic material from Jām, Ghūr province, Afghanistan, a site which has been associated with Fīrūzkūh, the summer capital of the Ghurid...
View ArticleCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DESIGNING TOWERS IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE: FROM...
Islamic architecture has been developed very well within a vast geographical world of Islam. Studying the evolution of the valuable structures, built since 1000 years ago in different parts of the...
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