introduction:landscape structure means the pattern of a landscape, which is determined by its type of use, but also by its structure, i.e. the size, shape, arrangement and distribution of individual landscape elements. for the delineation of these landscape elements, or so-called patches, often land use or land cover units are used. in this context, “‘land cover’ refers to the physical surface ...

Every landscape has its own potential, which has to be deter�ined in case of any kind of spatial planning �eant to be environ�entally friendly. �nowing the potential is also i�portant during the evaluation of the effective or opti�al land use. �ny other way, planning and research will not produce realistic results. Nu�erous �ethods and tools can be applied for the evaluation of landscape struct...

Urban park is an important component of urban public green space which provides leisure, recreation, activity place, etc. Urban park service quality was evaluated by quantitative method in this paper to provide scientific evidence for renewal and development of urban park. 5 urban parks in Xinxiang, Henan province, China were selected as evaluation samples, and 13 indexes were evaluated, includ...

Effectively integrating geospatial data to help with government decision making is a key challenge in transportation planning. Partitioning the landscape into hydrological watersheds is a logical and an ecologically-focused way to explore the context interactions between natural and man-made features. The methodology employs concepts of geographic object-based approaches customized in a multi-s...

the scientific panel on “landscape ecology” was held in nazar research center by presence of professors and experts in “landscape” and “ecology”, in order to discuss the relation of these concepts and definition of “landscape ecology”. in this panel arranged by dr. seyed amir mansouri, director of landscape architecture department at university of tehran and president of nazar research center, ...

this paper will concentrate on the result of a research based on comparative study between two persian gardens in different micro climates in arid regions. sustainability could be observed in many aspects and elements of traditional iranian architecture and landscape architecture, and this method of design has used to solve many problems for many centuries. gardens of iran have had special role...

tehran is one of the most polluted metropolises in the world. sink capacity for absorption and assimilation of pollution is reduced generally due to failure in inclusion of ecological aspects in regional land use development planning. the present condition of air and water related issues in tehran are greatly affected by landscape structural alterations at urban level. in this research the focu...