the notion of sustainable development has rapidly gained considerable attention since the lastdecades of the twentieth century. it has become a locus for global paradigm shift on environment and development issues particularly after rio conference in 1992. the comparative analysis of agenda 21 and major un documents, mdg, and rio+20 as well as some major sources are made to provide a context fo...

Adverse changes in rangeland vegetation can be considered as one of the criteria for land degradation. Some of these changes can be evaluated through monitoring the spatial changes of landscape parameters. This study aimed to investigate the landscape changes in Kezab rangelands of Yazd province, central Iran. Landsat satellite images of 1990, 2002, and 2013, and landscape metrics including Tot...

Landscape is an important element in outdoor sports recreation. Cyclists’ perception of environment reflects their interaction with the actual environment; they become aware recreation site through primary receptive senses. As one popular bikeway Taiwan, landscape along Dong-Feng appeals to many cyclists. Nevertheless, was spoiled due a soil conservation project. This study follows theorem plan...

Equivalence of attention and consciousness is disputed and necessity of attentional effects for conscious experience has become questioned. However, the conceptual landscape and interpretations of empirical evidence as related to this issue have remained controversial. Here I present some conceptual distinctions and research strategies potentially useful for moving forward when tackling this is...

Place categorization plays an important role in locationbased services as well as more recently in place-based geographic information systems. Traditionally, such categorization systems are often designed following a top-down approach in which a group of experts or users assign a place type, e.g. Restaurant, to a place instance, e.g., Bob’s BBQ shack. While the output of such a process generall...

the scientific panel on “landscape ecology” was held in nazar research center by presence of professors and experts in “landscape” and “ecology”, in order to discuss the relation of these concepts and definition of “landscape ecology”. in this panel arranged by dr. seyed amir mansouri, director of landscape architecture department at university of tehran and president of nazar research center, ...