proposing a model to explain the concurrent decision making process in the labor and commodities markets in iranian urban households is the main objective of the present paper. the paper starts with introduction of the concepts of modem theories of family economics, with the view of expanding the scope of economics well into the households and it comes to conclusion with specification and fitti...

Urban ecosystem services are crucial for human well-being and the livability of cities. A central challenge for sustaining ecosystem services lies in addressing scale mismatches between ecological processes on one hand, and social processes of governance on the other. This article synthesizes a set of case studies from urban green areas in Stockholm, Sweden—allotment gardens, urban parks, cemet...

Transportation has historically had a major influence on cities their locations, growth and form. Civil engineers were the leading public servants in construction of railway and transit systems. With diversification of transportation and, particularly, growth of highways, the solutions to urban transportation have become extremely complex. Instead of only building new facilities, it is now nece...

With the global high rate of urbanization and the rapid loss of wild habitat land, cities are now viewed as challenging ecosystems for sustaining biotic communities and rich diversity. During the 2000s research on urban bird populations and communities focused on global patterns, as well as processes and mechanisms that lead to the two globally recognized patterns: increased overall population ...

Road safety is a still unsolved issue in our modern society. Today, road accidents kill more people than wars. Besides, several major cities are merely asphyxiated by traffic congestion. The socio-economical and environmental costs of these two problems are terrifying. Our society needs safe roads and an efficient mobility in both urban and interurban road networks. This talk presents a series ...

Mobile apps for urban participation are a rather new development. The literature provides certain potentials of mobile apps in this context, as well of mobile participation (mparticipation) in general. While developing a mobile app for the specific purpose of georeferenced, instant polling in urban development contexts, the question rose: is m-participation different from e-participation or fac...

2 This report is a summary of ideas collected and developed by the author Anders Gullberg over many years of research on urban transport in general, and ICT and urban transport in particular, in the Vinnova-financed project " TRACS – Travel planners for sustainable cities, a multidisciplinary project at CESC 2010–2015 " 1 1 This is a revised and translated version of Gullberg, A. (2012) 'Så kan...

BACKGROUND Traffic congestion is rapidly becoming the most important obstacle to urban development. In addition, traffic creates major health, environmental, and economical problems. Nonetheless, automobiles are crucial for the functions of the modern society. Most proposals for sustainable traffic solutions face major political opposition, economical consequences, or technical problems. METH...

Based on a gender equity perspective and within a pluralistic civil society, women should have equal rights for presence in and use of urban open spaces. Despite this, various factors decrease their presence including inappropriate design of space, as well as socio-cultural obstacles. Since women’s major place of presence and activity has traditionally been in or near home, neighborhood open s...