PARADOXICAL PHENOMENON IN URBAN RENEWAL PRACTICES: PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION VERSUS BUILDINGS’ SHORT LIFESPAN

A Review of Recent Studies on Sustainable Urban Renewal

Urban renewal and sustainable development are two popular issues in both policy agenda and academia. Although their importance has been increasingly recognized, an integrated review covering sustainability, planning, and urban renewal has yet to be produced. Based on 81 journal papers, this paper presents a critical review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal over the period 1990 to 2...

Regional Transport Development and Urban Economic Isolation; Analysis of Paradoxical Consequences in Qazvin- Rasht Highway Construction: Loshan City, Iran

role of cultural iran in promotion of multilaieralism in central asia and caucasus

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...

Analysis of Paradoxical Phenomenon in Thermal Sensation

“Thermal Referral (TR)” and “Thermal Grill Illusion (TGI)” are known as illusions of thermal sensation, have been well studied. In a previous study, the experiment using two thermal-tactile stimulations to the forearm revealed that those illusions simultaneously occurred. On the other hand, in the experiment result, a few subjects perceived a hot stimulation as a cold sensation or a cold stimul...

Social Approach to Sustainable Construction Practices Through Safety Culture

Increasingly calls for more sustainable construction have occasioned more actions towards sustainability. A meaningful sustainable construction is inimical without significant cultural and behavioural change in how the construction industry manages its safety issues. It is based on these calls that this paper assesses the practical approach to sustainable construction practices through safety c...