A Specific Park for Women or a Public Park: Women’s Preferences and Perspectives on Using City Parks, Case Study: Four Parks in Tehran

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  • Mehdi Khakzand Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • Saeideh Teymouri Gerdeh Master of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
  • Yousef Gorji Mahlabani Ph.D. in Architecture, Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
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volume 8  issue 14

pages  45- 56

publication date 2015-09-01

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