in this paper, a house is assumedas an expression of culture. it has been tried to study a qajar1 house in tabriz, in terms of its ties with cultural context.methods and viewpoints of amos rapoport have been used in order to identify and peruse the circumstance of this relationship. the main reason for using rapoport's viewpoints to understand salmasi house, as a case study, in addition to cont...

in this paper, a house is assumedas an expression of culture. it has been tried to study a qajar1 house in tabriz, in terms of its ties with cultural context.methods and viewpoints of amos rapoport have been used in order to identify and peruse the circumstance of this relationship. the main reason for using rapoport's viewpoints to understand salmasi house, as a case study, in addition to...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the relations between characteristics of the neighbourhood internal and external built environment and past six month and lifetime depression. DESIGN AND SETTING Depression and sociodemographic information were assessed in a cross sectional survey of residents of New York City (NYC). All respondents were geocoded to neighbourhood of residence. Data on the quality of ...

BACKGROUND There is growing research interest in the influence of the built environment on mental disorders. AIMS To estimate the variation in the prevalence of common mental disorders attributable to individuals and the built environment of geographical sectors where they live. METHOD A sample of 3870 adults (response rate 90%) clustered in 248 geographical sectors participated in a househ...

The term “carsharing” refers to a distinct business process wherein CSOs typically provide their members with short-term vehicle access from a network of unstaffed and distributed neighborhood locations. Members pay a flat hourly or per mile fee, or both, that includes fuel and insurance costs. These characteristics make carsharing distinct from car rental, through which vehicles are borrowed u...

Obesity results from a complex interaction between diet, physical activity, and the environment. The built environment encompasses a range of physical and social elements that make up the structure of a community and may influence obesity. This review summarizes existing empirical research relating the built environment to obesity. The Medline, PsychInfo, and Web of Science databases were searc...

Context As obesity has become increasingly widespread, scientists seek better ways to assess and modify built and social environments to positively impact health. The applicable methods and concepts draw on multiple disciplines and require collaboration and cross-learning. This paper describes the results of an expert team׳s analysis of how key disciplinary perspectives contribute to environmen...