JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND URBAN SPACE DEVELOPMENT
Year:2019 | Volume:6 | Issue:1 (10)|Papers Count:16

1. Introduction Loyalty is a substantially important concept in the hotel industry, because the majority of sectors in this industry have reached saturation (Bowen & Shoemaker, 2003); and given the expansion of global market competitions, many hotels are now facing numerous challenges in retaining their customers (Ganesh, Arnold, & Reynolds, 2000). In this regard, leading the customer loyalty through an approach of creating relations with the customer has transformed into a market strategy for the majority of services offered by hotels. Meanwhile, Mashhad is the biggest and most important pilgrimage city in Iran with more than 25 million tourists travelling to the city per year for pilgrimage and visiting tourist destinations...

1. Introduction One of the important aspects of urban planning is the proper positioning of urban service elements. Within their extensive spectrum involving facilities and equipment, these services include elements that should be positioned in suitable locations according to a set of policies and criteria; terminals are one of those elements. As communication junctures between urban and suburban roads, the presence of terminals prevents the entrance of buses to cities; therefore, they play a constructive role in improving traffic, reducing urban environmental pollutions, and managing trips. Given the absence of terminals to provide services to the rural areas surrounding Meshkinshahr City, taxies and vehicles occupy the streets which results in traffic congestion and its related issues. Accordingly, this city was selected in this study which is aimed at identifying the most suitable location for a terminal...

1. Introduction Encouraging walking, many short and average trips currently taken by public transportation will be pedestrianized. As a result, the city's financial burden on public transportation systems is reduced. The revival of urban centers comes not only from government policies but also from the citizens' desire to act in their favor. Ferdowsi Street, as one of the most important streets of Isfahan City, which is the communication axis to reach the Zayandehrood River and the city center and it is one of the longest routes to Imam Square, the route to numerous medical centers on Amadegah Street and so on. Although the traffic is heavy and there is a lot of personal and public communication going on, no specific action has been taken to ensure that pedestrians play a vital role in Isfahan. In particular, Ferdowsi Street is an important street as one of the areas of gravity to access the various tourist center of the city and administrative centers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of walkways in urban vitality in Ferdowsi Street in Isfahan...

1. Introduction During the past few years, there has been extensive concerns over environment and the growing tourism, while one of the main subjects of debate in the world involves their protection. On the other hand, the accelerating growth of the tourism industry is regarded as a considerable source of income as well as an effective factor on cultural exchanges between nations; as the most extensive service industry in the world, it occupies a special position. It also affects cities as tourists’ places of interest, and for many urban managers and authorities, it has transformed into an economic, symbolic, and significant affair...

1. Introduction The physical developments of cities are considered as the main factors of changes in the land use and the land cover. Urbanization has put the living conditions of urban residents at the risk of destruction by creating the most extensive manipulation of human in nature. However, urban development and changes in the land use patterns cause widespread social and environmental impacts. These impacts include the reduction of natural spaces, the increase of the vehicles concentration, the reduction of the agricultural lands with high production potential, and some impacts on the natural drainage and water quality. These impacts are somehow related to the changes in the land use patterns as a result of human activities. Therefore, it seems vital to understand how changes in the land use and the land cover look in terms of the quantity of these changes and their special patterns because they have wide impacts on the environment, water cycles, natural habitats and so on...

1. Introduction Local governance is a comprehensive concept and a continuous process in which the government and citizens govern the affairs of a territory through bilateral interactions. Accordingly, given the accelerated global developments and inefficiency of one-sided and hierarchical relations between central and local governments, centralization and monopolism of central governments are no longer efficient in governing the vast territory of a nation; as a result, there is a need for strategies to offer an effective relation between these two levels so as to facilitate service provision to citizens. In addition, considering the country’ s objectives in line with assembling all resources and terminating sole dependency on fossil fuel supplies to achieve sustainable developments, the notions of decentralization followed by government improvement can be advantageous...

1. Introduction The way of our development affects people's daily lives; how much families pay for housing and transportation, how long workers spend commuting home, the economic opportunities in communities and even personal health are all connected to how neighborhoods and surrounding areas are built (Ewing & Hamidi, 2014). The biggest problem in understanding the question of where the city ends and countryside begins is the result of current ways of living where physical boundaries are becoming increasingly less clear. Nowadays we observe new categories like urbanized countryside (rural-type cities) on the periphery of the city...

1. Introduction The green space as one of the indicators of the development of societies has environmental, social, cultural, economic and physical dimensions and the first and most important step is to determine the appropriate places for it, so that it can fulfill its roles. Urban green spaces and the distribution of urban land in cities are of high importance. Generally, locating is an activity that evaluates and analyzes the spatial and non-spatial deployments of a territory to select the appropriate location for a particular use. Urban green spaces are part of urban open spaces where natural or often artificial areas are covered by grasses based on human supervision and management and considering the rules, regulations and related specialties for the improvement of living, residences and welfare of citizens and nonrural population centers (Management and Planning Organization, 2008). So the main question of this research is that which part of Ardabil city is the best place to create green space?..

1. Introduction Nowadays the world’ s population is at an unprecedented level of urbanization. Most of the problems start with the tension of growing population. The rapid increase of population puts a great pressure on cities, especially metropolises. It endangers the needs of future generations and results in an increasing demand for services beyond the city's ability and capacity. Researchers and urban and regional planners in the West have proposed smart city theory in order to guide the use of electronic communication tools to solve urban problems by expanding the concept of electronic city...

1. Introduction In line with his quest to achieve purposes such as becoming familiar with the historical realities of the past, utilizing natural resources, and escaping from life routines, modern man regards tourism as a proper tool that transforms humans’ way of life whilst playing a significant role in employment as one of the most profitable industries. Regardless of travelers’ intention or destination, they need a place to stay and rest; consequently, hotels are important, effective parts of the tourism industry in a variety of forms in terms of building structure such as hotels, apartment hotels, motels, inns, villas, local houses, camps, etc. These services are considered as the secondary needs in the tourism sector required by any tourist city or place. Proper designs can be considered as tourist attractions which, in turn, plays significant role in increasing tourists’ duration of stay...

1. Introduction Having house and shelter as one of the most essential human needs has always been at the forefront of human desire. Smart homes are of the latest achievements of the housing industry in the present era. Some of the most important features and capabilities of smart housing, welcomed by consumers are: security and safety, convenience, the ease of management, management and saving of energy consumption, the promotion of health promotion. In fact, the phenomenon of smart housing in our Iran in recent years, especially in Tehran, has been increasingly used by consumers, but different dimensions of this phenomenon have rarely been studied by academic centers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is investigating the phenomenon of smart housing and the impact of its indicators on reducing the vulnerability of urban housing in District 1of Tehran...

1. Introduction One of the most important views of contemporary urban planning is sustainable urban development, which has been developed since the Brunt land Committee report and is now widely seen as an integral part of the social, economic, and environmental scopes. According to this definition, sustainability debate in the field of energy is also considered as one of the requirements of urban life It is necessary to pay attention to energy sustainability in cities due to the high volume of energy consumption in them. In recent years, attention has been given to issues related to climate and urban energy. Therefore, this trend reflects the recognition of the need to address energy issues in cities. Moreover, one of the important and influential dimensions in urban planning is the use of urban land use. Urban land use planning enhances the urban system and directs its development by determining the use of urban land, determining the density and providing appropriate access to types of utilities...