This paper presents a statistical analysis on the demographic, social educational and occupational issues of the Iranian-Canadian community. The main sources of data for the paper are the Government of Canada’s 2001 census statistics and an online webbased survey conducted by the author from the Iranian-Canadian community. Other sources were the author’s personal experiences and findings during...

the blue mosque, one of the valuable architectural elements of tabriz city, known as the turquoise of islamic world, has high status among the people of the city, also among domestic and foreign historians and travelers, ever since its establishment. the blue mosque has always played a dynamic role in tabriz’s continuum of urban life and provides a proper setting for social interactions. up to ...

The osmosis between Iranian exile, Oriental repertoires, and the commodification of nostalgia in film contemporary1 culture alludes to Disney reproduction East that is capitalized by Hollywood’s invisible hand. Orientalist logic via old civilization Achaemenid grandeur conveyed Hamid Naficy’s (1991) reference Edward Said’s (1978) ‘imaginary2 geography’—the inventive tool narration augments tale...

The term of morphology is widely used to describe the physical form urban areas based on historical city. Old City Kalianget a modern city that was built as salt briquette factory area during colonial period in 1899. This study aims identify characteristics old Kalianget. deductive qualitative method from beginning identifying problems, field survey and data analysis. uses design theory by Roge...

Background: Nomophobia is the fear of being disconnected from one’s mobile phone, prevailing in modern area. To the best of our knowledge, no Persian psychometric scales are available for investigating nomophobia among Iranians. Therefore, we here aimed to translate and validate the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) for being used in Iran. Methods:...

banjarmasin is known as a tidal waterfront city and it is called city of a thousand rivers. thecity level was approximately -16 cm below the sea level and almost a swamp-land. the urbanization and the citydevelopment programs have changed the city’s physical and spatial plan from a wetland to a mainland structure. theissues of the city's transformation have changed the city structure from ...