Social capital is a concept that dates back to the eighteenth century and earlier, and has been used extensively in urban planning and management. Social capital is only a group of processes that are the result of societal ...

The concept of sustainability in the last age has become amplified. Its beginning can be traced far back in the fields of economics and natural resources, relating to the content of natural stocks, the Malthusian concept ...

Nowadays, many countries have taken measures and policies for development of zero or low carbon buildings. Regarding the technological advancements from one hand and increase of problems from the other hand, sustainable ...

Residential open space is considered an opportunity to have more relationship with nature and a place for social interactions. Upward to the limitation of internal space in residential units and its relation to exterior ...

Recent studies in urban environment has suggested a new term defined as the Urban Heat Island abbreviated as (UHI) which technically refers to the higher levels of temperature in comparison to surrounding environment due ...

The present study seeks to examine the impacts of urbanization on carbon emissions through the investigation of the existence of an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Using the STIRPAT framework, this is the first study ...

Selecting optimal location of gas power plants is one of challenging issues in the environmental assessment of development projects. This article aimed to study the optimal location for the construction of a thermal power ...

The review of urban growth patterns in recent decades has been suggestive of the sustainability of urban growth and maturation, and important environmental indicators indicate a grave threat to urban systems. In our land, ...