The integration of the cultural/creative and tourism industries is one way to present different types regional cultural heritage world. This study examined coupling intangible development in Hunan, seeking a pattern for former under latter. included analyzing between resources ICH exploring modes revitalizing or developing context tourism. We used methods GIS spatial technology, including neare...

After the collapse of Soviet Union, Iran was second country, after Turkey to recognize an independent Turkmenistan in year 1991. This sincere diplomatic attitude by did not end there, it also reflected economic, political and socio-cultural relations established with country coming days. The 1,148 km long land border, sharing Caspian Sea thousands years historical more than 1 million Turkmen li...

Because of the dispersion of activities in big cities, employing highways as the most important connecting way is indispensable. In today world, highways are connection arteries of cities transporting people to their social activities. Because of continual use of highway, their walls prepare a context for conveying many Social, Cultural, Economic, etc concepts. That is why most economic promoti...

Empirical data and statistical models are used to answer the question of where the new highway routes are most likely to be located. High-quality land-use, population distribution and highway network GIS data for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area from 1958 to 1990 are developed for this study. The highway system is classified into three levels, Interstate highways, divided highways, and seconda...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as American VL, or neotropical kala-azar, is an epidemic zooanthroponosis endemic to Brazil. It affects both rural and peri-urban areas, and can also spread into urban areas. The causative agent is Leishmania infantum chagasi, and the principal vector is the sand fly species Lutzomyia longipalpis. Domestic dogs are the main host for the insect vector, and...

Ballast as a part of the railway system plays an important role in the operation of the railways and also has a great impact on repair and maintenance activities. Hence most of the repair and maintenance activities in traditional railway systems are due to the defections in the ballast layer and therefore most of the maintenance budget is spent on repairing these defects. These repair and maint...

The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) projects a vision of 4000 centerline miles of new roadways and railways, intended to provide a faster, safer and more reliable means of transport for people and freight, while fostering economic growth of Texas’s rural regions. This work enhances and then applies a Random-Utility-Based Multiregional Input-Output (RUBMRIO) model to assess project impacts on trade, ...

The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is heavily affected by climate change and has been undergoing serious permafrost degradation due to global warming. Synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) has been a significant tool for mapping surface features or measuring physical parameters, such as soil moisture, active layer thickness, that can be used for permafrost modelling. This study analyzed ...

The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) projects a vision of 4000 centerline miles of new roadways and railways, intended to provide a faster, safer and more reliable means of transport for people and freight, while fostering economic growth of Texas’s rural regions. This work enhances and then applies a Random-Utility-Based Multiregional Input-Output (RUBMRIO) model to assess project impacts on trade, ...

The set of models available to predict land use change in urban regions has become increasingly complex in recent years. Despite their complexity, the predictive power of these models remains relatively weak. This paper presents an example of an alternative modeling framework based on the concept of a Markov chain. The model assumes that land use at any given time, which is viewed as a discrete...