New Settlements in the Farafra Oasis

New Forms as Settlements

Selecting a new pattern for the betterment of informal settlements in Iran

Nowadays, informal settlement phenomenon is in the top of the list of urban management issues in majority of big and medium sized cities of Iran. Despite of various interventions in recent decades, significant change cannot be seen. One of the most important reasons of this situation is the theoretical passivity alongside with obsolescence of informal settlements' literature in Iran, since loca...

Informal Settlements Upgrading: The Gecekondus in Ankara

Oasis.

The OASIS Concept

OASIS is an Integrated Project with the aim to revolutionise the interoperability, quality, breadth and usability of services for all daily activities of the elderly, by developing and deploying innovative technological challenges, consisting of a new, open architecture and a hyper-ontological framework. A wide range of applications are integrated in the areas of independent living, socializati...