Dr. Luna Khirfan is Associate Professor of the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. Possessing a unique interdisciplinary…
Introduction Zoning is responsible for determining how a city looks and functions since it regulates land-use within a city (Norman,…
In the ancient world, many civilizations thrived for hundreds of years and had cities with large populations (Smith, 2007). These cities existed before the development of contemporary formal urban planning practices (which started around the industrial era, when they emerged for the betterment of urban cities by improving the quality of life of the working class) (Filion et al., 2015).