Human-rights treaties indicate a country's commitment to human rights. Here, we assess whether ratification of human-rights treaties is associated with improved health and social indicators. Data for health (including HIV prevalence, and maternal, infant, and child [<5 years] mortalities) and social indicators (child labour, human development index, sex gap, and corruption index), gathered from...

objectives: the present study is to assess overview on literature and social sustainability assessment and identification of its main components, while introducing the appropriate framework for choosing indicators with a systematic and integrated approach to assess and prioritize the amount of social sustainability in five areas of the city bandar turkmen pay. method: data collected through que...

purpose: the rural master plan is one of the most fundamental measures implemented in iran. considering the implementation trend of these plans, their assessment is essential for rural improvement planning. the purpose of this study is to assess the physical, economic and social effects of the master plan in neyshabour county. methodology: this study is an applied study. the research method emp...

one of the main reasons of unsustainability of city development in iran is that planners and mayors have not almost been able to create connections between different dimensions of a city. sustainability indicators are evaluation tools of cities operation applicable in living environmental, economical, and social aspects. the purpose of this paper is to offer a framework including the descriptio...

The social network analysis (SNA), branch of complex systems can be used in the construction of multiagent systems. This paper proposes a study of how social network analysis can assist in modeling multiagent systems, while addressing similarities and differences between the two theories. We built a prototype of multi-agent systems for resolution of tasks through the formation of teams of agent...

extended abstract 1. introduction the quality of life can be considered as an operational tool to measure the overall health and welfare. in general, the concept quality of life is affected by various factors constituting the foundation of the life dynamics. since the concept quality of urban life is multidimensional and complex, it could be used in urban planning when an appropriate and reliab...