Agriculture and its development is the foundation of development in Iran as a developing country. So, it can be regarded as the foundation for economical and social development.The capabilities of agriculture sector are limited and its efficiency is trivial because of neglecting agricultural development and keeping its support just as a slogan. The transformation of agriculture to a developed, ...

urban parks as public green space have played a unique and indispensable role in providing recreation opportunities and functions to urban populations. as a result of population growth and density, the sustainability of urban parks is a challenging management task. there exists a need to adopt effective management strategies for achieving the sustainable development and management of urban park...

BACKGROUND The present paper deals with the relationship between health indicators and human development in the Arab region. Beyond descriptive analysis showing geographic similarities and disparities inter countries, the main purpose is to point out health deficiencies and to propose pragmatic strategies susceptible to improve health conditions and consequently enhance human development in the...

As the world urbanizes, global health challenges are increasingly concentrated in cities. Currently, over 80% of the population in Latin America already lives in cities. The African urban population is projected to double in the next decade and China has urbanized in thirty years at a rate it took Europe and North America a century [1]. Rapidly growing new cities and increasingly segregated old...

introduction: health system performance assessment provides appropriate information about the status of health systems for governments and communities. therefore, in the recent decade, many countries have focused on performance assessment and reporting in order to develop methods and tools as a mean to help achieving health goals. the present study tries to design an indicator-based model (incl...

Aquatic ecological carrying capacity is an effective method for analyzing sustainable development in regional water management. In this paper, an integrated approach is employed for assessing the aquatic ecological carrying capacity of Wujin District in the Tai Lake Basin, China. An indicator system is established considering social and economic development as well as ecological resilience pers...

This paper uses measurement methods and selects relevant indicators from both quantitative and structural aspects, empirically analyses the relationship between financial development and economic development of 2000-2008 in more than 18 coalresourced cities in China. The results show that financial development takes a significant role in the economic development of coal-resourced cities. Howeve...