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The Iranian government has placed new emphasis on urban renewal through participatory approaches in recent years. The main target areas are called deteriorated urban fabrics, characterized by micro-lots, impenetrability, and lack of sustainability. In Tehran, renovation of deteriorate urban fabrics has been initiated through dedicated neighborhood facilitation offices. This paper analyzes the a...

Sustainable settlement is one of the key constituents of sustainable development, and sustainable urban development can be defined in this framework. Emergence of sustainable development as a commonly-used phrase has caused several controversies about urban forms. Today’s urban form is known as a source of environmental problems. Undoubtedly, this phrase has persuaded many of researchers to sea...

Humanity seems to have been thrown into a ‘perfect storm’ of several huge challenges such as global warming, accelerating extinction species, the corona pandemic and uncontrollable migration streams caused by fossil fuel emissions, overexploitation natural resources, extreme weather, viruses, ethnic religious conflicts [...]

The assessment of buildings facilitates the exploration viability progressive and organic renewal, prevents aimless unorganized demolition residential in previous urban renewal projects, balancing preservation sustainable development historical areas. Studies have rarely examined effect regional factors on building or differentiated effects historic conditions. fundamental function areas China ...