Three dimensional building models have become important during the past years for various applications like urban planning, enhanced navigation or visualization of touristic or historic objects. 3D-models can increase the understanding and explanation of complex urban scenarios and support decision processes. A 3D-model of the urban environment gives the possibility for simulation and rehearsal...

with the purpose of presenting a design approach of interventions for conservation of historic districts of cities, the city of ardebil is discussed as a case study. with the complexity of cultural relations in the contemporary world, it has a great importance to protect human connections and also urban historic spaces in which these cultural relations had been presented for long time. the city...

Older cities with significant physical historic resources have become increasingly important centers for urban tourism, though contemporary attractions and events are often in their own right. It is acknowledged that areas multifaceted agglomerations where tourism complements other economic sectors competes them limited resources. A investigation of the temporal dynamics change has been underta...

There is a great need throughout the Middle East and North Africa for contemporary urban research that goes beyond classical analysis of the traditional Arab City. Important topics include urban transformation, the flow of global capital and its affect on urban realities, urban structures and polity, changes in social life and lines of inclusion and exclusion , and such " metropolitization " fo...

The majority of the world's population will live in cities in the next few years and the pace of urbanization worldwide will continue to accelerate over the coming decades. While the number of megacities is projected to increase, the largest population growth is expected to be in cities of less than one million people. Such a dramatic demographic shift can be expected to have an impact on popul...

the lack of health human resources is a global issue. china also faces the same issue, in addition to the equity of human resources allocation. with the launch of new healthcare reform of china in 2009, have the issues been improved? relevant data from china health statistical yearbook and a qualitative study show that the unequal allocation of health human resources is getting worse than before.