Over the past decade it has gradually become apparent that we are living in an age that is characterized by globalization. There is no single accepted definition of this process, although the word has been in our vocabulary for forty years. Our initial efforts to make sense of it have understandably focused so far on economic and political consequences. These are the most conspicuous, but the l...

planning of cities in order to respond to considerable needs of urban population, is one of the most important concerns of urban managers and authorities. urban development plans which have been provided to respond to these issues, have different objectives and characteristics. hence different plans are developed to plan and organize cities. most of these plans are being prepared without consid...

Iran has experienced significant changes in the distribution of employed population of ruralareas in major professional categories in the years 1956 to 2006. Accordingly, it is important to studythe changes in occupational structure, factors influencing these changes, and their implications. Themethodology of this study is documentary and secondary analysis. Moreover, in order to explain whythe...

planners have regarded understanding urban use per capita since the beginning of new thinking of urban development. this was stared with its pragmatics toward primary comprehensive urban plans and became a source for urban development plans that have tried to adapt per capita and standards with country’s conditions. iran's supreme council for planning and architecture, determined standards per ...

medical tourism plays an important role in national revenue of many countries; this industry earns about 100 billion dollars for the governments each year. however, tourism is not developed in iran and it is in its initial paces. as a matter of fact, the ministry of health recognized tourism-therapy in 2003. in addition, by doing this, rather than supporting tourism-therapy, the ministry mainly...