Purpose: Settlements in Southern Siberia, identification of nodal points urban development with respect to geological landscape conditions; the relationship between structure and settlement system location town-forming centers; ways transformation. Methodology: River basin planning, which offers zoning territory accordance river basins as well landscape-ecological approach spatial transformatio...

this paper offers a report about the professional workshop of researching tehran which was held in august 2015 in tehran along with the fourth and fifth conference on urban landscape phenomenology. in this regard denis delbaere and frédéric poussin, experts on landscape and territorial planning, and professors of universities in france, explained their first impressions of tehran in their first...

environmental degradation model is one of the environmental impact assessment (eia) methods in which ecological cumulative effects of human activities on his surrounding nature could be evaluated and quantified. as a special trait of landscape ecological metrics is the ability of rapid assess and recognize of human activities in the shortest time. thus in this study, we used a landscape degrada...

Urban landscapes form the main parts of the city. One of these spaces is urban streets, in whichsocial interactions and urban vitality reach its maximum quality and quantity. One of the principles and properties ofurban landscape design is its intelligibility. A viewer who takes a look at an intelligible city and knows it can attract newemotional manifestations of city without damaging its orig...

The effects of streets on biodiversity is an important aspect of urban ecology, but it has been neglected worldwide. Several vegetation attributes (e.g. street tree density and diversity) have important effects on biodiversity and ecological processes. In this study, we evaluated the influences of urban vegetation-represented by characteristics of street trees (canopy size, proportion of native...

Urban sprawl (US), propelled by rapid population growth leads to the shrinkage of productive agricultural lands and pristine forests in the suburban areas and, in turn, adversely affects the provision of ecosystem services. The quantification of US is thus crucial for effective urban planning and environmental management. Like many megacities in fast growing developing countries, Chennai, the c...

Current literature on restorative environments generally shows the importance of urban natural landscapes in increasing perceived restorativeness of urban environments. However, little is known about the positive role of visual characteristics of urban natural landscapes in increasing Perceived Restorative Potential (PRP) of urban environments. This study aimed to understand the role of four pr...

Framework, concepts, and methods of Environmental Management Planning (EMP) are discussed. A landscape-ecological approach was taken to integrate the environmental indices. EMP focuses on regional factors natural, social, amenity related and becomes more sensitive as the scale of study increases. The processes of EMP include a vertical aspect, dealing with pollution, conservation, and amenities...