ISSN: 2717-4417
Urban Design
Comparative Study of Neighborhoods' centers in the city of Yazd based on Ideal Neighborhood center Indices using FMEA Analytical Approach (Case Study: "Yaghoobi" Neighborhood in Historical context and "Posht Siloo" in New urban development context)

mitra beyzaie; amin shakiba; mohammad reza noghsan mohammadi

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 3-16

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.020

Abstract
  The developments in recent decades, along with inattention to the features of a desired and efficient neighborhood in each district as well as a disregard for the views and demands of residents of such environments have caused various problems in neighborhood centers.The main objective of the present ...  Read More

Urban Design
The main factors affecting the formation of a sense of place in the new urban development zones (Case Study: Region No.22 & Region No.4 of Tehran Municipality)

nesar daneshpayeh; F H

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 17-30

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.021

Abstract
  The sense of place is a comprehensive and complex concept of human emotions about the environment that is created by human adaption to and use of place. It is also one of the important concepts in improving the quality of human environment and formation of the communicational bases of environmental users. ...  Read More

Urban Planning
Identification of tourism impacts and its role in urban development of Kashan

M B

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 31-44

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.022

Abstract
  ObjectivesTourism, on the one hand, is important from the point of view of economic values and, on the other hand, from cultural, political and social viewpoints. It is important to geographically analyze the power and sufficiency of tourism because it provides an active and dynamic field for development ...  Read More

Urban Design
Evaluating Urban Public Realms Based on the Observation and Analysis of Behavioral and Activity Patterns (Case Study: Ahmadi Pedestrian in Shiraz)

mahsa sholeh; Alireza Sadeghi; Peyman Najafi; Zahra Khaksar

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 45-62

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.023

Abstract
  This paper intends to evaluate individual’s activity patterns in urban public realms. The nature of the public realm reflects our everyday life, civic culture and social discourses. In order to have a more popular and vibrant public realm, an attractive and safe environment, which meets the needs ...  Read More

Urban Planning
Measurement of Urban Sprawl Using Spatial-temporal Data (Case Study: City of Urmia)

asghar abedini

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 63-76

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.024

Abstract
  The growing population and increasing urbanization have caused a phenomenon known as urban sprawl in major cities of the world. This issue has imposed much economic and environmental consequences on cities. According to this review, it is necessary to recognize and assess this phenomenon. This study ...  Read More

Urban Planning
The impact of modern information and communication technologies on the city physical and spatial structure using creative city approach (Case Study: Isfahan City)

ahmad shahivandi

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 77-90

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.025

Abstract
  The creative city perspective is based on the use of all city potentials to improve public spaces, culture, security, safety and communications. One of the most important tools to do so is new technologies including communication and electronic networks. Technologies, including ICT, are instrumrnts that ...  Read More

Regional Planning
Identifying the hierarchy of Functional relationships of urban network: The case of Fars province

Hamid Mohammadi; Vahid Moshfeghi

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 91-100

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.026

Abstract
  It is necessary to consider external interactions of cities, their importance and the role of each type of communication to analyze urban systems. Thus, an accurate understanding of the nature of space and the forces shaping it as well as identification of the form of space organization in the regional ...  Read More

Urban Design
The Effect of physical Space Visibility on the Pedestrians Behavior in Urban Squares Using 3D Isovist Analysis (Case Study: Sabze Meydan Square in Tehran)

Amir Shakibamanesh; Yasaman Hakimi

Volume 7, Issue 25 , March 2017, Pages 101-115

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.027

Abstract
  One of the main issues in visual analysis of urban spaces is their visibility. It is one of the main research interests in recent urban studies due to the development of technology and digital software. The results of most recent studies suggest that the physical visibility of urban spaces is closely ...  Read More