The study of design and formation of urban space focuses on interaction of human and environment. This is an attractive subject that considers as interdisciplinary debates. Thinkers of urban studies pay attention to this matter empirically and theoretically in order to provide a desirable space for human being. This research is based on the theories of urban studies and urban sociology and so o...

The idea of sustainable cities is linked to an older concept of sustainable plant communities. The theoretical basis for both is a closed system where everything is continuously recycled. Natural resources are renewed rather than depleted. In undisturbed natural areas a kind of sustainability is achieved through the natural cycles of the biosphere. However, this kind of sustainability for trees...

Jos e D. Anad on*, Osvaldo E. Sala and Fernando T. Maestre Department of Biology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA; School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies, SARAS, Maldonado 20000, Uruguay; and Departamento de Biolog ıa y Geolog ıa,...

Using a quantitative study, this article considers the reciprocal relationship between stakeholder, city brand meaning co-creation and stakeholder identity. This study is pioneering in that it firmly establishes the existence of an interactive brand due to the reciprocal relationship for two of three sets of stakeholders. Three stakeholder groups in Hatfield, UK provide the context for the stud...

City logistics studies the best solutions for urban freight distribution with high environmental objectives. However, most actions are started by public authorities without taking into account the impacts of the new organizational schemas in the existing distribution enterprises’ organization. This paper shows how city logistics approaches can meet the goals of Sustainable Development. In order...

tehran city has been subject of critical environmental challenges during the course of 20th. century namely: massive population growth, broad expansion, reduction in urban open/green spaces, increasing in energy consumption and waste production. releasing industrial wastewater into river valleys have led to considerable changes in structure of city's natural landscape. the natural structur...

36 AI MAGAZINE It might be thought that artificial intelligence techniques or other types of computational methods are irrelevant in countries with few technological resources. As just one example of the possibilities, however, take road traffic in cities. The chaotic and spectacular road congestion that is characteristic of developing-world cities is a microcosm of opportunities for applying A...

one of the main reasons of unsustainability of city development in iran is that planners and mayors have not almost been able to create connections between different dimensions of a city. sustainability indicators are evaluation tools of cities operation applicable in living environmental, economical, and social aspects. the purpose of this paper is to offer a framework including the descriptio...

creation of urban identity is the important subject in architecture and urban design. so, this article foci’s on the creation of identity in urban context with participation approach in architecture and urban design. corporate architecture is an architectonic discipline which focuses on designing and constructing buildings, spaces or environments with the aim of meeting the needs of a business ...