As a common space, urban entrance is the first place that introduces a city to its visitors and it is imprinted in the memory of people. This study aims to provide a detailed analysis of physical development and activity patterns along the main entrance of Rasht, Iran. Utilized data in this research comes from a questionnaire survey through which 707 land lots along the main entrances were stu...

Green space plays an important role in sustainable urban development and ecology by virtue of multiple environmental, recreational, and economic benefits. Constructing an effective and harmonious urban ecological network and maintaining a sustainable living environment in response to rapid urbanization are the key issues required to be resolved by landscape planners. In this paper, Nanchang Cit...

nowadays the quality of life is one of the factors that have special standing in the context of urban planning studies. this factor became significant due to the increasing importance of quality of life in the monitoring of public policy and its role as an efficient tool in the management and planning. urban life quality is usually measured through the surveying and evaluation of subjective per...

nowadays, cities are all filled up with improper and chaotic elements and ornaments; and the citizens, being drowned in such a chaos, are deeply in need of facing proper and emotionalizing atmosphere. undoubtedly bringing art and specifically “urban sculptures” into the realm of urban areas is one of the most influential ways to beautify and soften the urban settings and to build emotionalizing...

in today’s world, one of the cities’ major challenges is the crisis of the built environment quality. as the urban design group discussed, urban management (local authorities) actors are kind of urban designers who unconsciously affect the quality of urban environment by their decisions. non-formal education and in-service training programs are effective methods to qualify staff for making deci...