as claimed by many behavioral scientists, designing should be based on the knowledge of interaction between human and environment. environmental quality is also created in the context in which humans interact with their environment. to achieve such quality, designers should develop appropriate models for explaining this relationship, and this requires an understanding of human nature and the en...

one of the major aspects of quality of life is place-attachment which is affected by human-nature interactions. looking at such a critical issue in human settlements requires the study of the relationship between architecture and nature. it is a critical issue in the contemporary literature of built environment and is discussed in specific frameworks such as phenomenology and environmental psyc...

pasting is one of the most important properties of wheat starch determining the flour quality and functionality. twenty three new plant type (npt) wheat derivatives along with three checks (pbw 343, hd 2329, and raj 3765) have been studied in multi-location trials to assess the variation and environment induced fluctuations for their starch pasting properties. although all flour pasting charact...

housing is the second need after food for human beings. since the housing crisis began with the increase in population, respective governments were forced to construct houses for a large number of families. ignoring the qualitative aspects of these houses has caused social and cultural harm. therefore, designers need to pay more attention to the quality of housing and living environments. the m...

decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of kerman. this article is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (req), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces....