Quantitative identification of physical changes, developments and dynamic position of urban green space is considered as the first step in its planning. By means of the aerial photos taken in 1956, 1974, and 1994 as well as the Quick Bird satellite image captured in 2006, this study has dealt with changes in per capita green space in Khorramabad during these years. First, geometric corrections ...

Good moods matter. Our moods have significant impacts on many aspects of our day-to-day lives. Moods, for example, affect productivity and health. When in a "good" mood, the cup looks half full, performance on inclusive, creative cognitive tasks is enhanced, self-esteem is high, and the immune system is strongest. When in a "bad" mood the cup looks half empty, performance on inclusive, creative...

The presence of people in urban spaces and related components is one of the most important issues in the field of behavioral sciences in urban studies. The mechanism of static presence in urban spaces is influenced by factors that generally determine the quality of social life in these spaces. The present study examines the way people are present in urban spaces in relation to each other, and i...

land use changes are one of the important consequences of urban spatial extent. regarding the role of green space as one of important land use classes in urban ecosystems, the investigations of its changes seem to be crucial. in this study, to estimate the changes of green space, the ndvi index was applied to tm and irs images of 1990 and 2006 and green space maps of district 1 of tehran munici...

Quality of urban environment as a subset of quality of life now represents the search for happiness and personal satisfaction in urban environment and is a broad concept which is concerned with the overall well-being in urban environment. The purpose of this study was to investigating the quality of urban environment according to the 5 urban landscape indicators; Land use, Green space, Populati...

Examining the planning of cemeteries in the urbanism system of Iran does not show a goodcondition. In fact, cemeteries in the most Persian cities have become large-scale open spaces outside the city. This couldcause irreparable damage to the cities because of the partial and/or improper use of the capacity of urban lands. Alongwith this, historical cemeteries within the cities have been abandon...

This paper explores locative media projects involving play and games, and their potential to act as a tool for empowerment, community building, and cultural change. Locative media, as a genre of projects and as a set of tools and technologies, often offers playful scenarios or actual games with which to explore spaces, particularly the space of the city. What contemporary media artists attempt—...

Urban design is a creative task that demands the balancing of issues from multiple domains such as architecture, zoning laws, traffic planning, and others. As such, classic design models based on the assumption of the designer wandering through a monolithic design space guided by largely predetermined requirements turn out not to hold here, instead the designer constantly alters his point of vi...

now days, citizens safety in urban spaces is one of the most important worries of urban managers. this may be reflected in different characters of urban spaces such as physical, social and economical and even political characters. with regard to increasing crimes and complexities of urban spaces, trying for achieve to sustainable, healthy and good cities mean in providing the safety environment...

Urban green space is one of the important solicitude for urban planners and designers due to their effects on quality of life. This research used HPM model to estimate economic value of urban green space, in a case study of trees in Velenjak residential place, Tehran Metropolitan Area in Iran. View determined the spread tree on the public spaces and neighbourhoods improve residential lan...