Development and Environment

Predicting the Relationship between Ethics and Business Environment and Economic Development of Iran

Background: In order to achieve development, there is a need to pay attention to corruption, violence and poverty of nations, which stems from the lack of economic ethics and business environment ethics. Fundamental elimination of corruption, violence and poverty of nations in line with the practical motivations of economic development will not be possible except with the growing link between e...

Performance of the Persian Gulf States rely on the Indicators of Sustainable Development of the Marine Environment

Due to the closed nature of the Persian Gulf, the transit of oil tankers and excessive utilization of the global standard, the environmental situation of the gulf has been endangered. It is necessary to promulgate the sea-based culture and marine economy and include their policies in the legislations of all eight countries of the Persian Gulf in order to achieve the sustainable development rega...

Human, Environment and Sustainable Development

Teachers ‘professional development and conceptual change through the knowledge building environment

This study aimed to investigate conceptual change as a fruitful framework in teachers’ professional development through knowledge building environment. In cognitive approaches towards education, the quality of education is seen as a result of teachers’ actions and teachers’ action is seen as a result of their cognition. Thereby the goal of many teachers’ professional development programs is to ...

A Safe and Sustainable Development in a Hygiene and Healthy Company Using Decision Matrix Risk Assessment Technique: a case study

This article describes the process of improving risk management practices in a foundry of the ALFET Company (Algeria). The proposed methodology is based on the decision matrix risk assessment technique. This technique allows making a risk assessment for each source of risk (machine, man, environment, and management), which leads to the determination of the overall risk rate during the activity ...

Natural environment of Zayande-Rood and the Safavid development of Isfahan

Isfahan is a historic city that has experienced several urban developments throughout its shining and glorious past. They began in Al-buyid and Seljuq periods, and continued through the Safavid urban evolution in the sixteenth century. Zayande-Rood is an important and effective natural element in the city's landscape and plan. This article reflects the conclusion of a historic study on revit...