the term paradigm hase penetrated in the web of many fields form natural to social sciences. therefore, for each researcher, understanding it's concept and dimensions is necessary. it is become to a common term in philsophy of science. there are many definitions of paradigm, but we can define it as: a set of believes and basic assumptions that are reflected in the ontology, epistemology an...

INTRODUCTION Cities and the behaviour of their residents change through time. The spatial organization of urban areas, whether the footprint and height of buildings; the width, length, and layout of streets; where people live and where they work; the walkability and scale of neighbourhoods; the relative proximity of urban amenities; the type and diversity of urban green space all affect urban e...

In contrast to findings in other countries, and surprisingly in view of the literature, high tech economic activity in the Netherlands is not spread geographically according to either relevant labour market characteristics or because of localized agglomeration effects. Instead, statistical analysis shows that the Netherlands is an urban field, and that the knowledge infrastructure is the only v...

One of the risks recognized by relevant authorities is the risk of outsourcing ITS projects. The purpose of this study was to design and explain the pattern of determining the critical success factors in outsourcing large-scale ITS projects in the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization). This study was performed using qualitative method. The pa...

Urban construction is the important infrastructure of the city, and it is the material basis for the urban survival and development. In this paper, a NASUCI (Novel Analysis System for Urban Construction Information) is proposed. Using data mining technology, case-based reasoning technology, the system focused on providing better decision support for urban construction. The system is composed of...

Many organisations that currently engage in Knowledge Management (KM) accept that leveraging knowledge, both within their organisations and externally to their clients, is vital for the efficient execution of projects and for improving organisational competitiveness. It also helps with business entrepreneurship and for managing change. However, the increasing attention levelled at the importanc...

one of the most important problems in organization and management research is uncompatibility of subject and research method. traditionally researchers of management and organization have used research methods of natural sciences to explore the unknown of organizations. in this article, author tries to introduce qualitative research as an appropriate approach to solve the mentioned problem. nat...

this article wants to propose this theory that farm corporations are agropolitan development models in iran. as over-concentrating investments to the urban areas did not lead to a trickledown effect to the rural areas. to the extreme, there are ideas to minimize linkages with the urban economy, and to make the rural areas pursue self-sufficiency by maximizing its potentials. however, against th...