Abstract The built environment, through the consumption of energy from non-renewable sources and associated CO 2 emissions, as well production waste throughout its life cycle effects soil water degradation, contributes significantly not only to phenomenon climate change, but also irreversible degradation natural environment. concept regenerative design provides a framework for holistic approach...

rational knowledge-claims, consisting of theoretical propositions expressing a judgment about complex urban problems, are not new. the audiences, i.e. the public whose lives are affected by such claims, have begun to question the claims of rationality in urban planning. in response, each urban planner, believing in a particular theory or point of reference, endeavors to challenge competing theo...

Sustainable residential development requires a balance between the increasing demand for housing and efficient use of materials resources. The industrialized building systems (IBSs) through new techniques holds high potential as an optimum construction alternative. Although considerable research has been conducted on buildings, very few studies have focused low- mid-rise buildings. Therefore, t...

exceeded losses of nonstructural components from structural ones in most demolished buildings in previous earthquakes and its limitation on functionality of critical facilities and building serviceability after earthquakes should be got the point of view for accounting loss of building as a merit for building performance. this paper attempts to demonstrate the significant role of distribution p...

during implementation of business process reengineering (bpr) in many organizations, it will be less attention to previous activities and capabilities which they extract from other improvement projects in the past and this would include the costs for doing this effort and activities. considering these issues are important for bpr projects. required capabilities before implementing of bpr projec...