this paper reviews the experience of persian designers and planners for creating the most livableand greenery capital city in the hole region of middle east throughout the 17th century. new concepts of urban greendevelopment emerged in that time. some of these ideas where extremely creative and vanguard from there era andstill some of them are the main theoretical basics of urban green planning...

Since at least half of the world’s population resides and works within coastal land, zone processes resource management is great economic social importance. One fundamental issues for city planners, researchers, managers, engineers land-use suitability. Land-use suitability ability a given type land to support defined use. Rapid urbanization consequent haphazard growth cities result in deterior...

House buyers are primarily concerned with house prices, on top of other aspects such as housing preferences, and financial. In Malaysia, the problem regarding issue is one that regularly spoken due to sharp rise in prices which made most houses no longer affordable for Malaysians. Thus, this study aims identify key factors influencing price Malaysia. Data was collected by distributing a survey ...

Housing is a place where sustainable urban spaces are produced and people's physical, cultural, environmental, economic, social psychological needs evaluated together with their surroundings, rather than just building the need for shelter met. With acceleration of urbanization, new arise, first these housing. The housing sector has become one most dynamic continuous sectors associated increase ...

Melbourne’s Chinatown is the oldest in Australia. A large amount of research on this unique ethnic enclave has been conducted to elucidate its formation history, heritage significance, cultural influence and architectural features. However, discussion precinct’s spatial characteristics remains mostly marginalised. As a precinct centre an urban grid form, offers experience visitors. To better fa...

In this paper we present a novel approach of simulating urban growth by utilising the computation power of modern GPUs. The simulation results can be used in urban policy modelling to reduce turnaround times in the policy cycle. We use a state-of-the-art agent-based simulation model that consists of rules to describe human behaviour. The simulation incorporates geospatial information such as la...

There is the need to re-configure current urban water systems to achieve the objective of sustainable water sensitive cities. Stormwater represents a valuable alternative urban water source to reduce pressure on fresh water resources, and to mitigate the environmental impact of urban stormwater runoff. The selection of suitable urban stormwater harvesting sites is generally based on the judgeme...

The difficulty to involve citizens into projects that influence or transform their experience of the urban space is underlined by public authorities and professionals such as urban planners. The implication of citizens in the existing modes of consultation (public meeting, opinions polls) is often limited and not representative. New solutions for facilitating citizens’ involvement in both the d...

This study reviews scholarly papers and case studies on urban vacant land to gain a stronger understanding of its public value in terms of the ecological and social benefits it can bring. This literature review offers a conceptual overview of the potential benefits of vacant land with the goal of addressing gaps in knowledge about vacant land and to provide suggestions to planners and designers...

The ability to attract and maintain industries that grow rapidly, produce positive spillovers for other businesses, and remain relatively resilient to global and national economic fluctuations that can have especially negative effects on lessdiversified urban areas is the goal of many state and local policymakers. While the goal is clear, implementating it can be challenging, especially in a ra...