it is increasingly recognized that the land-use change, especially urbanization has influenced hydrological attributes intensely. but in most urban designs, flood prediction is considered through type of land use (residential, industrial, and so on) and density. however, experiences show that this method has not been very successful. as a result, the present study aims to investigate and explor...

Our modern society is filled with stressful stimuli that impact our daily lives, and lead to problems that eventually threaten our mental and psychological wellbeing. Expanding urban life and urbanizing people's interactions have drastically increased and resulted in more stressful circumstances. Unfortunately, the role of nature and nature-based design in our urban societies as an alternative ...

The Sheffield Urban Contextual Databank (SUCoD) system was developed as a Web-based urban information system to host the urban data gathered by the Sheffield Urban Study programme. Our development of the SUCoD system provides user-centred dynamic retrieval and visualisation facilities for accessing multidimensional city datasets. The paper reports on a study of applying the SUCoD resources in a...

The cities, environments and buildings we live in have been the result of change since old times. In the course of time, together with the changes in the socio-culture and value judgments, all of the economic and technological changes have reflected into architecture. As a result, in the urban environment and architectural residences, the contemporary solutions have been provided. Yet, these so...