Recalcitrant space: modeling variation in humanistic geography

Crime Prevention in Urban Design: towards Space Syntax Approach as a Quantitative Analytic Modeling of Qualitative Issue of Security (Based on Spatial Configuration)

Variation in rural economy as a means of achievement of sustainable development Case: northern Marhamat Abad in Miandoab

The more varied the system is, the more dynamic and sustainable would by both in time and space. This in turn, would maintain both internal and external tensions. Variation regarding rural economy is being considered as one of the approaches for achievement of sustainable rural development. The major objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between variation in rural economy a...

Constructive Dynamisms of Large-Scale Urban Projects by the Space Political Economy Approach; a Case Study of Mashhad Metropolis

Aims: The development of large-scale construction projects has transformed the shape of cities towards specific objectives and based on economic and political perspectives that dominate policy-making and planning in cities. The purpose of the research was to study and analyze the spatiality of Mashhad construction mega-projects and to explain the constructive forces and dynamisms of these proje...

Modeling Perceived Stress Changes based on Housing Quality Indices Case Study: Isfahan Metropolis

Introduction and Background: Stress is one of the most important mental disorders. The issue, which has been ignored so far, is the impact of the built environment on mental health indices. Aims: The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between housing quality indices and citizens' mental health in a case study of MoftAbad and Mardavij neighborhoods of Isfahan city. M...

Explanation the Conceptual Turn of Sovereignty Towards Communication Governance in Poststructuralist Political Geography

Introduction and Background:  In political geography, sovereignty is the highest coercive power on a territorial scale. Which has been the creator of classical political geographical views since the Westphalian period. However, since the 1980s, the function of Westphalian sovereignty in the production of geographical space has been criticized by poststructuralist geographers and a new wave of t...