URBAN-REGIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH (UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN)
Year:2012 | Volume:3 | Issue:11|Papers Count:9

Evaluation of master plan can be an important tool in measuring the success of implementation of master plans. Evaluation process can help urban planners to be familiar with the problems of comprehensive plans. The purpose of this article is to evaluate of main suggestions proposed in master plan of Lar city, located in southern Iran. The research method used in this study is a combination of qualitative evaluation methods and Fuzzy logic (based on Michael O'Hagen methodology)…

Earthquake as one of the most devastating natural hazards is widely occurring in most part of Iran plateau. The importance of the dangers of earthquake is increasing because of the intensity of the town's expanse and capital centralization. Tehran as a main city for purpose of population, social and economy infrastructure and for purpose of to settle some active fault in and around it having a more risk of earthquake. Therefore the investigation relevant to the susceptibility of seismic this city finding the best model for the study his susceptible, is one of the necessaries of the management of Tehran. Hence, the first zone of Tehran area was selected as a case study…

Urbanization growth and parallel to it the vehicles increase in urban areas has caused different problems. Among them we can refer to decrease of human scale on residential environments, lack of urban places, face to face contact, and population development in the urban centers increase of accidents rate in passages networks, disappearing safety and security of passer-by, decrease of passer–by value, and generally decreasing environment quality. To consider quality promotion of urban environments and following that to value passer-by, as the main formative elements of city and their satisfaction of urban environments are the principal drives of the research…

Employment has the main, vital roles in human life and socio-economical progressives (see: ILO, 2010, Women in Labour Markets: 2, Momsen, J. 2004). One of the important goals every socio-economical, political system in the world is to supply high social economical welfare which it will be done by equal distribution of income, improvement of educational, health and welfare facilities and opportunities for all. This will not be taken place unless all people (male and female) take part in economical affairs and activities (Refer to: Tzannatos, Z., 1998). By further participation, the rate of fertility will be decreased, reversely; productivity, production and GNP increased. Undoubtedly, the lead structural factors (Cultural, social, economical and political elements) have affected on male and female employment. This trend can make their labor or culture and behavior.

Kermanshah is one of those cities which face many problems of urban development in the course of the past two decades. The spatial, anatomical, and social conditions of this city caused the statics of crimes to increase. In addition, the studies show that drug-related crimes are statistically more than other social abnormalities. Therefore, it is required that the local conditions of these crimes is identified in Kermanshah using modern technologies and based on scientific methods, in order to take practical and executive measures to remove such conditions or reduce the effects of such situations.

Lack of ranking, as well as a scientific and systematic approach in specifying structure and place-spatial status of the attractive rural centers and as the result disproportionate distribution of tourism installations and equipments are some of the main and obvious shortages observed in many tourism industry development studies and plans in our country that is tangible (specially in the central part of Boyer-Ahmad County in Kohgilouyeh-Boyer Ahamd Province). The region by having 5 rural districts and 239 villages enjoys some potentialities in terms of tourism development which have not been actualized because of the lack of a comprehensive study and some other reasons.

In Iran with development in industrial and financial infrastractures, profitable activities in large cities have conducted and made these cities main centers of wage-earner labor force and so migration from small cities to large cities has increased through interaction urbanization and migration. Consequently, population balance between small cities and large cities have been deranged.Migration is mainly influenced by lack of suitable economic infrastructures and underlined services in these small cities and also expectation better employement and pay and health/educational/convenience services in big cities.Migration from small cities is one of the most important subjects in third world. This type of migration shows lack of balance in urban settlement complex and also inequalities of development in urban societies.