Objective: In addition to issues such as environment, transportation, safely and urban planning, one of the most important factors  having increasingly influence on urban organizing factors is urban management. Methods: There are so many issues in cities that for its solving, urban management factor is necessary. complexity and  extensiveness of urban issue and its  development and growth, led ...

Objective: In addition to issues such as environment, transportation, safely and urban planning, one of the most important factors  having increasingly influence on urban organizing factors is urban management. Methods: There are so many issues in cities that for its solving, urban management factor is necessary. complexity and  extensiveness of urban issue and its  development and growth, led ...

Sustainable settlement is one of the key constituents of sustainable development, and sustainable urban development can be defined in this framework. Emergence of sustainable development as a commonly-used phrase has caused several controversies about urban forms. Today’s urban form is known as a source of environmental problems. Undoubtedly, this phrase has persuaded many of researchers to sea...

Background: Development plans aimed at macro-management planning in a country significantly impact all functional fields. This study investigated the status and significance of the health sector in the first to sixth economic, social, and cultural development plans in Iran.  Methods: This was a review study using documentary analysis method. The review was conducted with an emphasis on purpose...

this article is investigating the town and country planning in austria. although according to new definitions spatial planning in austria has been started during fifties and sixties of the twentieth century, the issue has been set seriously on the l?nder's agenda of planning as the main authorities since establishing austrian conference on regional planning (?rok) in 1971.the programs impl...

This paper explores the use of weighted space syntax models to contribute to the process of integrated urban planning for Jeddah as part of a major planning project in the Saudi Arabia. The Municipality of Jeddah commissioned the production of an integrated suite of planning documents. These plans coordinate Strategic, Sub-Regional, Structural and Local plans across a citywide region and aim to...

Information about urban land cover and land use changes concerns many groups of people, such as the local governors, urban planners, environmentalists and decision makers. They need up-to-date change information to manage the land effectively and revise development plans. A case study was conducted over Beijing, China. Two multispectral satellite images (ASTER and SPOT PAN) collected in 2001 an...

Historically, London’s suburbs are, “as old as the city itself” (Ackroyd 2000, p.727) but it is only recently that they have begun to assert themselves on the policy agenda alongside the metropolitan centre. In June 2007 the London Assembly's Planning and Spatial development Committee released a report noting the difficulties predicted for London’s suburbs (GLA 2007). However, future developmen...