This study uses a field experiment involving 251 adult participants to determine which messages related to climate change, extreme weather events, and decaying infrastructure are most effective in encouraging people to pay more for investments that could alleviate future water-quality risks. The experiment also assesses whether people prefer the investments to be directed toward gray or green i...

i M. Modarres-Hashemi is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (email: [email protected]) ii M. Dorostgan is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran ( email:[email protected]) iii Corresponding Author, M. M. Naghsh is with the ECE Department of Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (email: mm_naghsh@...

World J Pediatr, Vol 7 No 2 . May 15, 2011 . www.wjpch.com 167 Author Affiliations: Isfahan Clinical Toxicology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Sabzghabaee AM, Eizadi-Mood N); Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Nili F); Department of Pharmacognosy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (Ghannadi ...

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Isfahan, Iran. 2 Associate Professor, Dental Materials Research Center and Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Isfahan, Iran. 3 Postgraduate Student, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Isfahan Univ...

Article history: Received 19 August 2015 Received in revised form 25 April 2016 Accepted 26 April 2016 Available online xxxx State and local governments are increasingly considering the adoption of legislation to promote green infrastructure (e.g., bioswales, green roofs) for stormwatermanagement. This interest emerges from higher frequencies of combined sewer outflows, floods and exposure of r...

Infrastructure is usually defined as all elements of interrelated systems that provide goods and services essential to enabling, sustaining or enhancing societal living conditions. Although traditionally, infrastructure included only all human-made assets, since the 1980s, both scientists and conservationists have suggested that ecosystems should be also considered as a type of infrastructure. ...

Results Preliminary results show that regular outdoor activities and exercise are positively correlated with people’s mental and physical health status, and dog walking has been shown as a viable method for physical activity. The concept of green infrastructure stresses the need for well-connected, easyaccessible, multifunctional green networks. The quality of urban green infrastructure and the...

1Dr, Associate Professor; PhD in Molecular Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2Dr., Research Associate, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3Dr, Research Associate, Microbiology Group, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, T...

Firoozeh Zare Farashbandi, Faezeh Amini, Roya Kelishadi, Alireza Rahimi. Associate Professor of Department of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; MSc of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences...

Green infrastructure, that is, wet weather management approaches and technologies that infiltrate, evapotranspire, capture, and reuse stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrologies, can affect temperature in different aspects of the urban environment. Restoration of natural landscape features and local installations of rain gardens, green roofs, green walls, infiltration planters, permea...