For many companies and/or institutions it is no longer sufficient to have a web site and high quality products or services. What in many cases makes the difference between success and failure of e-business is the potential of the respective web site to attract and retain visitors. This potential is determined by a site’s content, its design, and technical aspects, such as e.g. time to load the ...

The modelling of landscape environment is a cognitive activity, that still requires novel kinds of spatial representations. This paper introduces a structural categorisation of a landscape view based on panoramic photographs that act a substitute of a given natural environment. Verbal descriptions of a landscape scene provide the modelling input of our approach. The structural-based representat...

In the recent century,Tehran has been confronted with urban sprawl and rapid population growth that have caused urban landscape transformation, whichis different in various parts of Tehran based on specific economic, cultural and social situations. What is important in this essay is the human perception of their landscape in this process of transformation; therefore, the purpose is analyzing la...

ZGARBOVÁ, M.: Fundamental phenomenological categories of garden and landscape. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2012, LX, No. 8, pp. 299–306 The current scientifi c methods describing gardens and landscapes all over the world are not always suffi cient for the purpose of deep understanding of specifi c and close relations between landscape/ garden and its inhabitants/visitors. A new ...

isfahan province is located in central of iran. it has different climate conditions including arid in the east, central and north of the province, mediterranean climate to humid in the west and southern part. generally, this province has a hot and dry climate in summer and cold in winter.this province has natural and cultural attractions, it has a high potential in attracting visitors. but this...

Despite the close affinity between collective memory and urban structures as the relationship between what is hidden and what is visible; rapid changes throughout the city have caused a disconnection between integrated memories and landscape cohesion. As a context for memories, the historical urban landscape proves to be valuable. The present research seeks to identify elements and signs in urb...

The universe of potentially interesting, searchable literature is expanding continuously. Besides the normal expansion, there is an additional influx of literature because of interdisciplinary boundaries becoming more and more diffuse. Hence, the need for accurate, efficient and intelligent search tools is bigger than ever. Even with a sophisticated search engine, looking for information can st...

Landscapes always change, as they are the expression of the constant interaction between natural and cultural forces in the environment. Applied to an urban/peri-urban case, changes are seen as a menace. By identifying the past urbanization patterns, policy makers and planners can gain better insight into the contributing factors that have resulted in the most problematic development patterns n...