Urban ethnocultural space

Ethnocultural Psychotherapy

Although ethnocultural psychotherapy has its roots in cross-cultural psychology, themajority of scholarship underpinning its development has occurred in the United States, likely due in part to the diversity of the U.S. population. In particular, census estimates indicate that by the year 2050 the number of U.S. residents who self-identify as European American will constitute less than 50% of t...

Sustainable development in Urban Underground Space

During a very long period of time, civil engineers have been the only ones to be designated as the experts for underground space, while the planners and architects were the ones of the development at the surface. Cities worldwide tend to overlook an invaluable asset that lies beneath their surfaces. Most cities and urban regions are unaware of the benefits underground space use has to offer, bo...

Ethnocultural versus Basic Empathy: Same or Different?

Responsive Urban Space Special Need Group (Women), Case study: Chizar Neighborhood Space, Tehran, Iran

Based on a gender equity perspective and within a pluralistic civil society, women should have equal rights for presence in and use of urban open spaces. Despite this, various factors decrease their presence including inappropriate design of space, as well as socio-cultural obstacles. Since women’s major place of presence and activity has traditionally been in or near home, neighborhood open s...

New Urban Space in China:

Since the late 1970s internal migration has become a fundamental feature of economicand social change in the People’s Republic of China. So has rapid urbanization as therural population moves to the cities and towns in search for work. In the process, newurban spaces have been created that not only provide the springboard for economicdevelopment but also present challenges for s...