abstract: one of the most important and complicated social transitions has been growth of worldwide urbanization. the rapid growth of urbanization and cities has had different consequences which is associated with much urban vulnerability. physical, installation, environmental, economical and social inequalities have been the results of such urban growth. this paper aims to study and identify t...

nowadays, a special attention is given to the role of urban planning and the built environment and their impacts on neighborhood walkability and residents’ walking behavior. a large number of studies have been conducted about this issue in developed countries, but little has been done in this regard in the context of a developing country such as iran. these researches emphasized the strong rela...

today, the complexity of urban issues has led many variables to be influential in site selection that and the importance and value of each criterion in each region should be considered. the aim of this study was to determine and prioritize site selection criteria of sport facilities by ahp for equal access. research method was descriptive-survey and application. library resources and a question...

urban space has been formed in historical texture of cities under the influence of meaning and shape on the onehand and qualities related to human behaviors on the other hand. among these points, neighborhood centers as themost important areas of social life in urban open space play a critical role in attracting people and improving qualityand vitality of environment. this study presents the re...

neighborhood attachment is closely related to concrete and abstract conceptions that set the scene for a variety of interactions among the residents. it is on the basis of social-physical location which happens over time. neighborhood attachment also enhances the possibility of residents’ social participation in urban neighborhoods and has a bilateral relationship with residents’ satisfaction. ...

BACKGROUND Lifelines is a prospective population-based cohort study investigating the biological, behavioral and environmental determinants of healthy ageing among 167,729 participants from the North East region of the Netherlands. The collection and geocoding of (history of) home and work addresses allows linkage of individual-level health data to detailed exposure data. We describe the reason...

regarding iranian old cities, neighborhood has been a real place to live, a space for social interaction as well as economic activities. the concept of neighborhood has always been accompanied with senses of well-being, security and identity. in parallel with urban developments and changing lifestyles, neighborhoods have also faced the significant changes. in tehran as the capital, the changes ...