Motorized transportation systems in the urban areas witnessed huge developments in the infrastructures thanks to the advances in various aspects of technology. This urbanization revolution has its own pros and cons. The resulting dominance of vehicles has limited the presence of people in public places and their participation in social activities, threatening the human based lifestyle of the ci...

The populations, infrastructure and ecology of cities are at risk from the impacts of climate change which affect urban ventilation and cooling, urban drainage and flood risk and water resources. Built areas exert considerable influence over their local climate and environment, and urban populations are already facing a range of weather-related risks such as heat waves, water pollution and floo...

Compared to surface water, groundwater resources are the primary source of water supply in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran, hence the importance of the management of these resources .  In this regard, we assessed the effects of landuse changes on the qualitative and quantitative status of groundwater resources in Eshtehard region, Iran. Through processing and analyzing the satellite images, ...

land cover classification is one of the most important applications of polarimetric radar images, especially in urban areas. there are numerous features that can be extracted from these images for the use of their high potential, hence feature selection plays an important role in polsar image classification. in this study, three main steps are used to improve the classification: 1) feature extr...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of hypertension, an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), is increasing in the developing countries and this may be connected with the economic transition in those countries. Adult hypertension is thought to be related to childhood and adolescent increases in blood pressure, and hence the need to monitor patterns in early life. This study investigates...

Background and aims: The study investigated mortality rates of children in west area of Isfahan province in 2006-2012. Methods: This cross- sectional study performed in a seven- years period by using information received from Isfahan Health center on neonatal mortality rate, infant mortality rate,under 5 years mortality rate in the west of Isfahan provinc...

this article has been done having the objective of proposed principles regarding the role of urban decline areas and being impressionable in reducing crime. it was an investigation on urban crimes in decline areas, and finally the implementation of an approach that will lead to the creation of a healthy city. the result of this article is application of the urbanization principles aiming at hav...

almost all countries have faced the urbanization. in the long run, changes in the production technology have caused migration from rural to urban areas. existing cities have grown and new ones have been created. this is named as “urban development” in the urban literature. cites are created because of economies of scale in production and consumption. there are different cities with different si...