balancing development with conservation is a matter of long-running debate within the domain of urban literature، since the beginning of the modern movement, different theories have been developed on urban conservation and development، concomitantly, a broad spectrum of approaches have emerged to relief this challenge، one underlying trend is based on the conflict between conservation and devel...

Resilience, water-based ecosystems, and regional urbanization are closely related. Ponds, as a part of subject to the indicators urbanization. The farm ponds in Taoyuan, Taiwan, represent sustainable fulfillment irrigation demand system that has been resilient topological change plate elevation over time. old was developed three stages gradually replaced by canals reservoirs, with lands abolish...

abstract in recent years, the old urban fabrics identification has become a challenging issue in urban planning society in iran. the insufficiency of triple indices which had been introduced by the high council on urban planning and architecture has been criticized by experts several times. in this paper we reconsider the existing urban fabrics identification method and introduce a suitable mod...

http://www.revistadechimie.ro 61 Road traffic is one of the main sources of atmospheric pollution in urban areas, where the contribution of traffic flows, congestions and high population density typically increases the exposure of the settled population to pollutants [1-3]. One of the most important family of traffic-related pollutants is represented by nitrogen oxides (NOx), whose main contrib...

Creating cities that promote sustainable lifestyles is a complex and far reaching process. One of the most important components of sustainability on an urban scale is the need for an efficient public transportation system, which provides enough convenience that, combined with walking, can be more desirable for residents to use over driving a car. Vehicular traffic congestion is one of the great...

This paper examines how a cognitive boundary with no physical presence has affected life in the cities of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, not only during its time of existence (1921-1950) but many decades after it was erased from all official documents. In 1921, the national aspirations of Jews in Jaffa, embraced by the local British Mandate government, triggered a segregation process that resulted in an o...

Our urban environments are increasingly being outfitted with various forms of digital media, such as electronic billboards, public displays and interactive lighting. While their deployment is commonly motivated by commercial and functional objectives, the impact on the urban fabric is often neglected. However, as public displays become situated in their environment and content becomes hyperloca...