one of the indicators of sustainable urban growth is the balance of development between different regions of the city, quality of the environment, equality in job opportunities, housing, basic services, social infrastructures, and transportation in urban areas. urban sprawl has some negative consequences. some of the consequences that are frequently mentioned are destroying green spaces, high c...

creating a clear purposeful image of a city in the minds of its stakeholders –especially its residents- could attract more investors, tourists and immigrants. urban management has received a remarkable attention in recent years. one of the most interesting topics in urban management is the concept of identity and especially image. as well as organizations and persons we can depict images for ci...

T he last century has witnessed the fastest population growth in human history, with the result that, for the first time, more than 50% of the world population lives in cities. This process is still advancing. According to United Nations predictions, urban population will exceed 75% of the world’s population by 2070. Furthermore, estimates are that if the current trends continue, by the end of ...

tehran city has been subject of critical environmental challenges during the course of 20th. century namely: massive population growth, broad expansion, reduction in urban open/green spaces, increasing in energy consumption and waste production. releasing industrial wastewater into river valleys have led to considerable changes in structure of city's natural landscape. the natural structur...

this interdisciplinary paper aims at guangzhou’s development and its effects on surface andgroundwater quality taking the new city axis as an example. qualitative morphological analyses, field mappings, interviews and water sampling of standard in-situ and various hydrochemical parameters were conducted between 2007 and 2009 in order to examine the following research questions: which types of l...

Water distribution networks are the backbone of any municipal water supply. Their task is to supply population regardless respective demand. High resilience these infrastructures great importance and has brought into focus science politics. At same time, data collected highly sensitive often openly unavailable. Therefore, researchers have rely on models that represent topology infrastructures. ...

Nowadays, globalization and rapid changes in developing countries affect the behavior and culture of people. Adapting to these changes is the vital means to remain in the competition of being a developed society. One of the most important changes is the relationship between humans and land which have evolved by way of many parameters such as globalization, urbanization, technological and econom...

This article presents accounts by women pedestrians in Santiago the context of Chilean social outburst (2019-2020). affected diverse infrastructures crucial for functioning city, exposing its inhabitants to uncertainty. By using walking interview technique, this explores practices deployed negotiate uncertain scenario. includes monitoring their immediate and general contexts; developing ways de...

The urban sprawl that characterizes most European cities relies highly on the use of private motor vehicle. As a result, there is a prominent increase in the energy consumption of the built environment. Therefore, the densification of existing urban areas located near public transportation is an interesting alternative to dispersed urbanization, provided that such process goes together with an ...