In this paper I examine the potential of the World Wide Web to augment traditional urban design methods and theories. Specifically, I describe how I used new web-based technologies in a university ^ community collaborative planning process to assist participants and planners in visualizing a community in Chicago. Lynch's five elements of city imageability (paths, nodes, edges, districts, and la...

the neighborhood has had a long history in iranian urbanization. since urban plans wereintroduced by the authorities to shape urban development in iran half a century ago, the concept of iranian traditional neighborhood has been neglected gradually. the concept of neighborhood has not found the appropriate status in urban design and planning yet. one of the main reasons is that academics, profe...

There is widespread recognition today that we are living in a period of profound technological, social, economic and political change, and that this process of change is accelerating. Yet, there is less certainty about the nature and meaning of these changes—whether they should be regulated or liberalized, supported or resisted— and the kind of world they are leading to. Despite these uncertai...

creation of urban identity is the important subject in architecture and urban design. so, this article foci’s on the creation of identity in urban context with participation approach in architecture and urban design. corporate architecture is an architectonic discipline which focuses on designing and constructing buildings, spaces or environments with the aim of meeting the needs of a business ...

as it is commonly understood, urban neighborhoods play a significant role in developing urbansustainability as the smallest unit of city so that the formation and promotion of neighborhood identity, and focusingon social relationships would be in harmony with urban sustainability. it is believed that a dramatic change in spatialstructure of urban neighborhood include a decline in levels of poli...

Given the dominating impact of the built environment on global carbon emissions, reducing operational energy use in buildings has long been considered a key strategy towards more sustainable urban development. In contrast, building energy use related to material production, construction, and demolition has been considered to be significantly less important. However, given the proliferation of l...

Traditional Balinese Architecture is known for its extensive rules at both, the microscopic and the macroscopic level, ranging from the design of entire villages to single building elements. These rules are preserved in century old palm leaves, so-called lontars, and were put into practice by the Undagi (traditional “architect”) according to the needs of the owner of the building who provides t...

security is one of the most critical factors affecting the quality of urban spaces. nowadays, most of these spaces have become merely pathways with neither social life nor sense of belonging to it. insufficiency of public surveillance along with weak sense of control and surveillance results in spaces with high crime rate. in the late 60s and early 70s, high crime statistics in open urban space...

The rise of wireless networks and portable computing devices has been accompanied by an increasing interest in technology and mobility, and in the urban environment as a site of interaction. However, most investigations have taken a relatively narrow view of urban mobility. In consequence, design practice runs the risk of privileging particular viewpoints, forms of mobility, and social groups. ...

The high mobility of VANET makes information exchange across the network excessively difficult. Traditional approaches designed for stationary networks are not applicable due to the high dynamics among the nodes. Applying the routing techniques tailored for general mobile networks inevitably brings huge traffic burden to the crowded urban VANET and leads to low efficiency. To make the informati...