â  natural disasters are known as one the most important factors in demolition human settlement. so study of impacts of natural disasters one human settlements specially cities are an important for urban planners iran had been faced with natural disasters specific earth quake because of its geographical position (its located on world earth quake belt). some earth quakes cause many human, financ...

Banberz, Banbor, and Sabziabad neighborhoods are three residential districts on the peripheryof Ilam city, and are facing a lot of problems namely social, economic, and physical, particularly in housing sectorincluding low quality, poor housing, limited-quantity housing. In order to assess the sustainability of housing, 75indicators and to rank districts, SPSS software (exploratory factor analy...

The significant penetration rate of wind turbines in power systems made some challenges in the operation of the systems such as large-scale power fluctuations induced by wind farms. Gas-fired plants with fast starting ability and high ramping can better handle natural uncertainties of wind power compared to other traditional plants. Therefore, the integration of electrical and natural gas syste...

This article discusses the quality of internal life space in apartments of residential buildings in the northeast region of Brazil, especially the possibility to adapt environments with small areas (according to local building codes) to the needs of different arrangements of families (considering 4 members per family). The research had a gradual approach and used multimethod strategy: (a) study...

Assessment uniformity in ad valorem taxation has been carefully examined for single-family residential properties. The findings of such studies are mixed, but research commonly reports nonuniform outcomes in the appraisal of residential properties. In this paper we analyze the uniformity of the property appraisal outcome for multifamily apartment complexes in Phoenix, Arizona. Specifically we i...

Residential Crisis Units (Rct:) are non-hospital-based facilities that provide mental health crisis intervention. This paper reviews the RCtZ literature base and fmds good evidence of the ability of RCUs to function as alternatives to hospitalization for many consumers, with equivalent effectiveness and for significantly less cost. Despite this promising research, the RCU model has not been wid...