the objective of this research was to identify and describe the different ecological species groups (vegetation types) present in the rural heritage museum of guilan. the study area was approximately 260 ha, which is located in the saravan forest park in guilan province, north of iran. sampling procedure was performed with a systematic random technique. a total of 89 plots were sampled. classif...

This paper outlines a framework for understanding gameplay from the perspective of ecological psychology. According to this perspective, gameplay can be described in terms of perceiving, acting on and transforming the affordances that are related to a game system or to other players in a game. Challenges in games have an emphasis on perceiving suitable actions and/or performing suitable actions...

Interface design often overlooks the problem of visual information density. This problem is concerned with how uniform a set of data is laid out on a display. It tries to avoid both clutter and sparsity of data as those two problems have a negative effect on the efficient use of display space. Since visual density is part of the perception process, it has to be dealt on this basis. This paper t...

Discusses the interaction between socio-economic systems and their natural environment, by examining the indicators of sustainable development. Areas covered by the operationalization of sustainable development indicators; Details on the global nature of environmental problems; Important strategy of the operationalization of sustainable development; Link between economic data and ecological ind...