Architectural Green Spaces Design of Medical Centers with Passive Defense Approach

Assessing the Architectural Compatibility of Urban Buildings With Passive Defense Principles in Eslamshahr City

      The geographical environment, where the city with different shapes and dimensions and various functions is located on it, is the urban field of activity and movement. Dou to the most population of a country live in these environments and often this area is used as economical, political, cultural, and social centers, its readiness to overcome crises should always be considered by the relev...

Prioritizing the equipment for making smart buildings with passive defense approach

Background and Aim: Since buildings are constantly exposed to threats, it is necessary that they be fully prepared to confront with all threats and their damages. Therefore, using the passive defense basics and principles in designing and constructing the buildings are considered obvious and undeniable. To prevent or reduce disasters caused by flood, earthquake, and war and so on, solutions suc...

Secure Urban Design in Terms of Passive Defense Approach; Analytical Considerations for Improving Form-based Characteristics in Iranian Cities

City Vulnerability Assessment with Passive Defense Approach; A Case Study: Rasht City, Iran

BACKGROUND: The passive defense approach is one of the approaches in planning and organizing cities and residential complexes with the aim to reduce environmental hazards. Given the vital and sensitive position of cities, while preparing against military invasions, this approach provides special capabilities to cope with natural and human crises to a large extent. METHODS: This was an applied s...

Performance Evaluation of Passive Defense Committee of Iranian Universities/Colleges of Medical Sciences

Background and Aim: Creating and developing work teams is one of the ways to deal with the challenges of specialization and performance improvement. This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the passive defense committee of Iranian Medical Universities/Colleges from the viewpoints of affiliated workgroup members. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in winter 2018. Th...