Various factors affect the degree of mass crime of an environment, including social, economic, and physical factors. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of the physical components of an environment on mass crime rate. In this regard, open spaces between residential complexes were selected as the case studies and based on five outdoor patterns including linear pattern, disper...

During the past decades, many traditional vernacular buildings have been forced to be demolished or abandoned due accelerating trend of urbanisation in China, which has resulted regional culture, historical memory, and architectural narratives being gradually lost. The contemporary development courtyard-style architecture under influence Confucianism, an important form that carries Chinese rema...

Unsafe food is linked to the deaths of an estimated two million people annually. Food containing harmful agents is responsible for more than 200 diseases ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. A one-sample pilot intervention study was conducted to evaluate the role of courtyard counselling meetings as the means of intervention for improving food safety knowledge and practices among household food h...

In ancient Chinese architecture, Feng Shui was a prevalent practice used to enhance the built environment. This study utilized computer simulation techniques assess effectiveness of Long–Hu Sand layout in Bailudong Academy complex Jiangxi, China, compared without principles. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were employed simulate winter courtyard wind environment, and resulting simulations an...