GEOGRAPHICAL URBAN PLANNING RESEARCH
Year:2018 | Volume:5 | Issue:4 |Papers Count:10

Extended abstract Introduction Nowadays, crime is one of the core problems in human societies, especially in cities. This is a problem that human community with all the advances and abilities failed to control up to now. Criminologists have often considered several factors in criminology theory for instance environment and environmental characteristics that played a crucial role in criminal impetus and motivation in urban spaces. Also, there is theoretical and empirical literature in the field of criminology highlighting noteworthy relationships between several indicators of built environment and crime patterns. ...

Introduction Access to the sea has always been one of the important factors for development of the countries. It is thought that having access to free waters is a necessary condition for a global power. As Alfred Tayer Mahan (1840-1914), one of the paramount American theorists, said that "the power of the sea" was the basis of national strength and it was important to the theory of naval power and its strategy. It was able to make significant changes in the US Navy's policy. The success of some countries such as Britain owes to hacking the hierarchy of governments. Mahan provided solid historical evidence that the emergence and survival of the great powers in the world has always been dependent on the power of the navy through the relative superiority of the seas. ...

Introduction Cities are the areas for population concentration all over the world. Urbanization and urban growth are accounted as main indicators of economic growth and development of countries. As the population is increased, the cities experience rapid physical growth. To determine suitable areas for urban development, geomorphological indicators have always been of great importance. Initial site selection of cities has been conducted in the shade of geomorphologic units and geomorphologic processes. ...

Introduction Rural good governance is a comparative approach that can be realized through behavior, regulation, institutionalization of accountability, popular participation, transparency, legality, accountability, and consensus. Therefore, rural good governance can be defined as the interaction between authorities and planners both in macro and micro levels for local communities with people who are affected by developmental programs. ...

Extended Abstract Introduction Security as the necessary condition for urban life can be increased where the level of social, cultural and economic interactions and relationships will be greater. In recent society, there is a possibility of confusion of the security of individuals by various social, political and economic factors. Today cities with all modern facilities are not able to provide peace and security to the citizens. Due to high concentration of the population and activities outside the human scale and the frequency of cars, they gradually diverge from the indicators of peace and security of the urban environment. Planning for the problems in today's complex and multi-dimensional digital and new smart technologies can be facilitated. ...

Extended Abstract Introduction Urban spaces are shaping social relations and cultural heritage. Thus, urban spatial structure and formation in the presence of men and interactions of them is very impressive. To realize urban development to improve the economic situation, social and cultural life of society, it is required to have the formation and strengthening of civil security. Sense of security among the most important issues in any society is the precondition for any political system and social life. One of the most important aspects of security of a healthy society is peaceful and ideal social security of women. ...

Introduction One of the important issues in the context of central and physical intervention is on the framework and skeleton of the streets of the main cities, where these actions are carried out only by the goals of the traffic. Studies show that according to physical space, to revitalize the tissues of cities regardless of the social logic of urban spaces give rise to further isolation of the physical and the subsequent economic-socio links. On the other hand, Space Syntax theory holds that urban spaces have social relationships and social goals for the relationship between urban spaces. In order to understand the relationship between urban spaces, we can understand the behavioral patterns using qualitative and quantitative analysis. This theory believes that the main cause of urban spatial configuration is composition of socio-economic pattern and movement in the city. ...

Introduction In recent years, attention to the impact of stability indices on transportation, especially in the public sector, has been among the main approaches to assess urban transport systems. This is an important issue, because nowadays we see that most of urban public spaces and streets are heavily dominated by cars due to the complete dependence of people's lifestyle on the automobiles and, hence, the related spaces are of low quality. Therefore, moving towards stability requires the knowledge on the priority and position of the elements of the transportation system in relation to stability indices. In this regard, this research addresses the assessment of stability indices in Kermanshah urban transportation with the aim of prioritizing the ideal options in the transportation system of this city. This paper focuses on public transportation practices. To achieve this goal, four systems of public transportation, i. e. taxis, buses, monorail and walking have been evaluated via 20 indices in the economic, social, physical and environmental aspects. ...

Expanded Abstract Introduction Nowadays, governments and their decisions are one of the most influential factors in formation of habitational hierarchy process and relations. Most of urban planners believe that effective influence of governmental investments in megacities‘ construction make governments able to affect the growth of medium sized citiesthrough decentralization or aggregation to create a more balanced distribution of urban population and creational-economical endeavors (sarafi, 1998: 132). Country divisions, due to its nature and performance, are a type of spatial organization for dividing the country‘ s spaces and would facilitate the sovereignty of the government. In addition, regional preparation programs are present to synchronize the existing resources with different purposes in any environment in order to achieve the best utilization of the equipment available. ...

Introduction One of the concerns in contemporary urban societies is the security problems and families serenity. In fact, we can observe the security effects on property values and environmental quality in various urban neighborhoods. Informal settlements due to the specific economic, social, and physical characteristics are known as one of the hot spots and unsafe areas in cities. Although poverty is known as one of the unsafe main factors in informal settlements, but many crimes and inelegances in this neighborhoods have social, cultural, and environmental reasons. Some crimes such as vandalism, dispute and aggression, and trouble are extremely affected by social and physical conditions.