This paper assesses differences in life satisfaction along the urban-rural continuum 111 countries across all world regions. It combines survey data with a consistent definition of settlements to maximise international comparability. Globally, once controlled for individual characteristics, cities is slightly higher than rural areas, although difference decreases development levels and disappea...

the theory of urban ecology is based on explaining urban spatial structure, studying and describing the reciprocal relationship between human societies in the urban areas and the environment, as well as analyzing the circumstances of urban population segregation and production of everyday life spaces. to study and explain urban ecological structure of mashhad, the case study of the article, we ...

The utilization of urban green zones forms a major part of urban sustainability in the context of the improvement of quality of life of the citizens. Within the policy for sustainable management of urban green zones, the tools that are used effectively are new technologies such as web databases, web DSS, GIS and environmental impact prediction model. This paper presents the geodatabase, which w...