The establishment of rural settlements in the topographically complex mountainous area South-Western China is restricted by various geographical features. fractal characteristics and water-facing distribution mountain suitability spaces for were analyzed a greater scientific understanding what factors would facilitate more appropriate selection residential sites. results showed that: (1) Rural ...

Rapid urbanization has resulted in great changes in rural landscapes globally. Using remote sensing data to quantify the distribution of rural settlements and their changes has received increasing attention in the past three decades, but remains a challenge. Previous studies mostly focused on the residential changes within a grid or administrative boundary, but not at the individual village lev...

geographical bases have significant function in human settlements in terms of distribution and sustainability. thisstudy attempted to provide an insight into the role of geographical bases in rural settlement distribution in arid areas.accordingly, this study was done in the rural area of khour-biabanak, naein city in esfahan province. themethodology was that of a correlative research, to reali...

the natural result of the application of modernization approach in developing countries is the formation and development of large-scale migration from rural to urban areas. this has changed the sex structure of population in a number of rural settlements in the country. as the current situation maintains, it is clear that women will be the main beneficiaries of the development plans in rural ar...

extended abstractintroductionin the past decades, development policies in the country have caused negativeeffects on regions. these policies have caused the mass evacuation of ruralsettlement and the imbalance hierarchy of settlements. the reflect of these policiesare visible in the rapid and uneven growth of large cities and eliminate loops linkingbetween cities and rural settlements from the ...

BACKGROUND Usefulness of anthropometric indices (AI) as predictors of CV risk is unclear and remains controversial. MATERIAL/METHODS To evaluate the correlation between AI and CV risk factors in the Croatian adult population and to observe possible differences between coastal and inland regions and urban and rural settlements. CRISIC-fm (ISRCTN31857696) is a prospective, randomized cohort stu...

The ecological reconstruction forms and methods of rural settlements were explored in the paper. The construction project of Hedong town resettlement was as research subject in order to reconstruct the traditional rural settlements. The location settlement, settlement distribution form and space of street, and the reconstruction of ecological architecture system were used as research method. Th...

This paper deals with the study of Holocene geomorphic evolution of rivers around Songshan Mountain in relation to human frequentation in Prehistoric periods. The investigations were performed by means of an integration of GIS data processing; field surveys and particle size analysis. In 8000–3000 aBP; in the Songshan Mountain Region, large-scale river sedimentation occurred. This increased the...