Decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of Kerman. This article is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (REQ), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces....

This article presents a pilot study investigating the multidimensional diversity of cemeteries as an important element cultural heritage and green infrastructure within urban landscape. We studied state nature, perceptions, activities visitors. As religion is aspect that differentiates from each other, we sample four multi-confessional in Łódź (Poland) Leipzig (Germany) by using site observatio...

Pedestrian areas are a type of urban public space, nowadays because of the serious consequencesof car-dependency and ignoring pedestrian needs, a consensus on the importance of walking and the necessity forplanning for pedestrians movement has been formed among urban designers, planners and people. The concernsabout human health and movement in city create a new trend in contemporary urbanism, ...

INTRODUCTION Shared use of recreational facilities is a promising strategy for increasing access to places for physical activity. Little is known about shared use in faith-based settings. This study examined shared use practices and barriers in faith communities in North Carolina. METHODS Faith communities in North Carolina (n = 234) completed an online survey (October-December 2013) designed...

Title: Adopting and implementing nutrition guidelines in recreational facilities: Public and private sector roles. A multiple case study.

In recent years many transformations have occurred in Iranian society and women and girls still have a lot of worries about comes to urban public spaces. Also, due to some ambiguities in defining the domain of public space in traditional Islamic cities and gaps in the knowledge related to the Kurdish cities, the main problem of this paper is how we can define a participatory approach to improve...

In the special issue on bicycling of WTPP (Volume 7, Number 3), Heath Maddox questions the potential of public policies to encourage bicycling. This response to the Maddox critique argues that he seriously misinterpreted the concept of public policy, considering only a small subset of the many policies that can facilitate bicycling. He does not adequately examine the impacts of special cycling ...