The possibility of revitalization of abandoned or insufficiently used industrial and commercial facilities and areas in towns, known as brownfield incentives, is analyzed in the paper. These facilities and areas are most often situated in central parts of towns, and their revitalisation results in creation of new facilities which often become symbols or landmarks of such towns. The meaning of b...

New towns built in North Africa and the Middle East incorporate modern elements into their built environments unprecedented in the traditional city of the region. This thesis addresses the questions: Do these new built environments respond to the prevalent culture? What modern and traditional design qualities enable new towns to maintain cultural integrity? The new towns Sadat City, Egypt and Y...

this article has tried to achieve a full understanding of regional goals of creating new towns and expand the concept of regional balance , survey these towns especially andishe new town to balance the regional employment and residence space. datas have been gathered from library research methods, in-depth interviews and match data with satellite images,after that these datas analysised with cr...

The life of Towns has become more important and greatly emphasized in recent years and this heralds the arrival of a new era when this type of settlements is introduced as major living and investment capacities. Therefore, it is necessary to study the different aspects of towns in order to plan and manage their development and answer the question about different decision-making mechanism in the...

introduction many plans and programs have been outlined to solve problems including rapid increase of urbanization, unbalanced distribution of population, a plenty of urban problems, increase of unemployment, underdevelopment of rural points, immigration and specially migration of active population toward metropolitan areas. these are rampant issues throughout iran like many other developing co...

Successor planning process in family businesses is recognized as one of the most important phases of family business lifecycle. Family businesses play a vital role in developing regional and global economy and fuel the creation of new jobs, new business growth and increase in entrepreneurial activities. In this study, it was attempted to investigate the impact of family business characteristics...

We sought to synthesize evidence of the health effects of construction of new roads by systematically reviewing observational studies of such effects. We included and critically appraised 32 studies. The review suggested that out-of-town bypasses decrease injuries on main roads through or around towns, although more robust evidence is needed on effects on secondary roads. New major urban roads ...