an upward trend in the divorce rate in iran in recent years has attracted officials, researchers and sociologists towards investigating causes and factors contributing such a social menace. based on the statistics published by the statistics center of iran (sci), the divorce rate has gone up from 1.5 in 1000 cases in 1996 to 2.3 in 1999 and 3.1 in 2006. results of previous studies show that fac...

in the present study storms of the economic, political, and human dimensions of space (with the help of satellite imagery (modis, after a time, and the destructive power of hurricanes, including discussions of the factors influencing the formation dynamics, thermodynamics and environmental issues, snow storm 2005 investigated. for a more detailed analysis of synoptic snow storm of guilan, rasht...

this paper takes a close look at the process of evolution of france’s spatial planning system. the rich background and solid approach of spatial planning in france, introduces this country as one of the pioneers of planning in various levels from local to urban and regional scales. the vision of this country during last decades especially in the field of spatial-physical development planning an...

today, the development of agricultural industries, especially small and efficient agricultural sector has been paid more attention. the development of rural industries in the country led to job creation and absorption of surplus labor force in agriculture and also resulted in more exports and foreign exchange. this paper evaluates development indicators of process industries and accesses to reg...

one of the important problems in the urban development process in the world has been land use and planning for urban sustainability. considering this important issue, this study investigates spatial analysis and urban land use planning in dogonbadan. this research is applied- analytical and by applying land extension index and hensen model intends to study and plan urban land use in this city. ...

nowadays, air pollution in cities with regard to its harmful outcomes has been turned into one of the serious challenges in urban management. pollutants as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and the aerosols that are known to be among the most important factors related to heart, vascular, and lung disease, have underlined public welfare and health, and the organizations concerned with community h...

A plan for the spatial analysis for the sample design for the detection monitoring phase in the joint USDA Forest Service/EPA Forest Health Monitoring Program (FHM) in the United States is discussed. The spatial analysis procedure is intended to more quickly identify changes in forest health by providing increased sensitivity to localixed changes. The procedure is initiated with a series of med...

This paper questions the definition and analysis of sustainable wellfare indicators. We first present the context and issues of such matter. Then, we compare HyperAtlas, a generic tool for multiscalar territorial analysis that we have developed, with the existing softwares that deal with spatial analysis and, among them, some that specifically address wellfare indicators. Therefore, we identify...