A large number of studies show that uncontrolled and unplanned spatial and functional developmentsin old central districts of large and medium-sized Iranian cities in past few decades have resulted in many unpleasanttransformations. Thus, the historic urban fabrics have gradually lost their socio-economic livability and quality and thisissue has led to urban distress, blight and deterioration.T...

Resilience, water-based ecosystems, and regional urbanization are closely related. Ponds, as a part of subject to the indicators urbanization. The farm ponds in Taoyuan, Taiwan, represent sustainable fulfillment irrigation demand system that has been resilient topological change plate elevation over time. old was developed three stages gradually replaced by canals reservoirs, with lands abolish...

http://www.revistadechimie.ro 61 Road traffic is one of the main sources of atmospheric pollution in urban areas, where the contribution of traffic flows, congestions and high population density typically increases the exposure of the settled population to pollutants [1-3]. One of the most important family of traffic-related pollutants is represented by nitrogen oxides (NOx), whose main contrib...

Creating cities that promote sustainable lifestyles is a complex and far reaching process. One of the most important components of sustainability on an urban scale is the need for an efficient public transportation system, which provides enough convenience that, combined with walking, can be more desirable for residents to use over driving a car. Vehicular traffic congestion is one of the great...

This paper examines how a cognitive boundary with no physical presence has affected life in the cities of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, not only during its time of existence (1921-1950) but many decades after it was erased from all official documents. In 1921, the national aspirations of Jews in Jaffa, embraced by the local British Mandate government, triggered a segregation process that resulted in an o...