BACKGROUND Traffic and transport is a substantial part of a range of economic, social and environmental factors distinguished to have impact on human health. This paper is a report on a preliminary section of a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on urban traffic and transport initiatives, being conducted in Sanandaj, Iran. In this preliminary study, the psychometric properties of Urban Traffic rela...

urban quality of life represents more than the private “living standards” and refers to all the elements of the conditions in which people live, that is, all their needs and requirements. in economic literature, urban quality of life is usually assessed through the standard revealed-preference approach, which defines a qol index as the monetary value of urban amenities. this paper proposes an i...

tourism industry is growing fast as an ecological, economical and social opurtionaty because of global approaches to nature. tourism in the way of growth depends on nature and its different aspects like environmental attractions, biodiversity, wild life, pristine environments and good climatic conditions. as iran is full of these nature based attractions so a proper situation for developing nat...

Background: There has been no validated instrument to identify barriers and facilitators practicing preventive COVID-19 measures. Objectives: The present study aimed develop evaluate an Methods: was conducted in two phases from September 2020 December 2021. In the first phase, researchers interviewed 20 residents of Sanandaj city, Iran, recruited using purposive sampling method. Thematic analys...

city is consisted of a range of specific activities which are responsive to human needs. it deals with human’s features, thoughts and approaches and struggles to achieve formation of the city depending on his world-view and insight. degree of desirability and quality of the city relates to intellectual space that are prevailing on it. islam as a human insight which is rooted from their worldvie...