due to the poor social and economic conditions of vulnerable children's families, vulnerable children experience urbanspaces for work and play more than other children. although these children gain a solid understanding of urban spaces,which can be used in the process of designing desirable urban spaces in their neighborhoods, they are less considered insuch projects. thus, the methodology for ...

the main purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for variouselements of urban parks in order to provide some important suggestions for rehabilitation of urban deficient parks. inthis regard, this study has conducted a survey in one of the oldest parks in khorramabad, iran, to reveal the overallsatisfaction of the park situation and to explore the preferences of...

BACKGROUND Rural living has been demonstrated to have an effect on a person's overall health status, and rural residing individuals often have decreased access to health and specialized rehabilitation services. AIM The aim of this study was to determine if there are differences in recovery from stroke between urban and rural-dwelling stroke survivors accessing an in-home, community-based, int...

The aim of this article is to examine the role of two geriatric rehabilitation units in a large rural area, and compare them with published data about rehabilitation units in urban settings. We look at the inputs to the units and the measurable outputs, including length of stay, discharge disposition of patients and changes in patient activities of daily living. We show that rehabilitation serv...

the cancerous spread of slum has been a rampant problem in urban areas worldwide. the acute shortage of housing facilities compels the poor to live in slums. proper rehabilitation is considered as a very essential remedial measure to provide better living environment to slum peoples. this study is an essential attempt to gauge the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program, which studies the cha...

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for variouselements of urban parks in order to provide some important suggestions for rehabilitation of urban deficient parks. Inthis regard, this study has conducted a survey in one of the oldest parks in Khorramabad, Iran, to reveal the overallsatisfaction of the park situation and to explore the preferences of...

Eduardo Rojas is a Senior Urb an Planner with the Inter-American Development Bank, supervising the bank's urban deve lopment portfolio. H e is currently desig ning several urban h eritag e preservation and revitalization loans and technical coop erations. He is task manager f or the Quito Historic Center Rehabilitation Loan granted to Ecuador. His degrees are in architecture, urban planning, an...