Mahjabin Radaei; Esmaeil Salehi; Shahrzad Faryadi; Mohammad Reza Masnavi; Lobat Zebardast
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to know the implementation patterns of ecological wisdom to improve livability in the desert residential buildings of Yazd city. The research method was descriptive-analytical and inferential, and the effective criteria in evaluating the implementation patterns ...
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The purpose of the current research was to know the implementation patterns of ecological wisdom to improve livability in the desert residential buildings of Yazd city. The research method was descriptive-analytical and inferential, and the effective criteria in evaluating the implementation patterns of ecological wisdom were determined using library studies and experts' opinions. To evaluate, 20 main criteria were used. The data collection tool was a survey (purposive sampling, 4 native houses from the old context of the desert city of Yazd) and a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.86, and the statistical community included specialists in urban planning, architecture, and the environment who are familiar with the native architecture of desert areas. The innovation of the research is to examine the relationship between ecological wisdom and the livability in desert cities, especially in the scale of building architecture. Results showed that ancient desert settlements were formed based on the principles and rules of ecological wisdom and are a symbol of sustainability. Therefore, regenerating the principles of ecological wisdom in multiple scales can be the basis for improving the sustainability and livability of contemporary urban contexts.
Geography And Urben Planning
Esmaeil Salehi; Saeed Karimi; Omid Heydari
Abstract
The main goal of this research was to evaluate the status of economic indicators in the realization of spatial justice of parks and urban green spaces. The method of current research is based on a valuational-analytical method and the statistical community includes three regions of Bandar Abbas city. ...
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The main goal of this research was to evaluate the status of economic indicators in the realization of spatial justice of parks and urban green spaces. The method of current research is based on a valuational-analytical method and the statistical community includes three regions of Bandar Abbas city. Data collection was done in library and field ways. To evaluate the economic indicators in spatial justice, Gini coefficient, the ratio of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on population, inflation rate and development rate of green spaces were used and the impact of indicators on the spatial justice of parks and green spaces was identified by Eveiws software. The coefficient of determination obtained in the regression model was 0.99 which indicates that the independent variables explain 0.99 variations of the dependent variable. Studied parameters were determined in order of priority: Gini coefficient indicators, the proportion of population onthe GDP and inflation rate. Among them, Gini coefficient has the greatest effect. In other words, the development of high quality parks, both functionally and ecologically in Bandar Abbas city tends to the area in which its population has a lower Gini coefficient. Therefore, considering the influential economic variables and having a comprehensive view, a fair movement in the expansion of the green spaces can be started.
environment
mahjabin radaei; Esmaeil Salehi; Mahshid Radaei
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate the capabilities of the environment as a platform for human activities, to improve the relationship between man and nature, and to compensate for part of the current lost social interactions in the open spaces of residential complexes. The innovation of the ...
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the capabilities of the environment as a platform for human activities, to improve the relationship between man and nature, and to compensate for part of the current lost social interactions in the open spaces of residential complexes. The innovation of the research is emphasizing the importance of natural elements perception to create collective life in the body of urban settlements. This research is descriptive-analytical research in which the components affecting collective life in open spaces were investigated in three physical, functional, and semantic dimensions in the open spaces of residential complexes in region 1 of Yazd city. Sampling was purposeful and the data collection tool was based on 381 researcher-made questionnaires with a reliability coefficient and Cronbach's alpha value of 0.867, observation and presence in study spaces. The components affecting the perception of nature and natural elements were analyzed based on the sense of smell, visual, auditory, tactile, and motion-oriented senses, and mental images. The results indicated the existence of a significant positive relationship between the quality of open and public spaces, the perception of natural elements, and the collective viability of residential complexes.
Seyed Zeinolabedin Hosseini; Esmaeil Salehi; Homa Irani Behbahani
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The present study was conducted with the aim of analytical evaluation of green urban development trends in District 22 of Tehran during a five-year period from 2011-2016. The research method was descriptive and analytical. Research data were collected in two time periods (2011 &2016) from official ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of analytical evaluation of green urban development trends in District 22 of Tehran during a five-year period from 2011-2016. The research method was descriptive and analytical. Research data were collected in two time periods (2011 &2016) from official documents and databases of governmental and non-governmental organizations, especially environmental deputies and Tehran Municipality. In order to determine the extent of the effect of each of the criteria for evaluating the green city and scoring their performance in this 5-year period, experts used two separate questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using Expert Choice software and performance evaluation matrix and Excel spreadsheet. The innovation of the research is the use of various and valid criteria in relation to the green city in order to "evaluate" the performance of green urban development during a five-year period in the 22nd district of Tehran. The results of the study showed that in the study period, out of 39 criteria, 18 criteria had a good performance during this period, including: water sustainability policy, daily average SO2 and per capita green space, and 21 other criteria had ineffective or undesirable performance. The final result of the evaluation of the performance of the green city showed that the development of the green city in this region is in a moderate position due to its significant environmental potentials and is relatively far from the ideal point.
environment
Esmaeel Salehi; Ahmadreza y/avri; Farane Vakili; Parasto Parivar
Volume 7, Issue 13 , June 2016, , Pages 67-80
Abstract
Increasing population has disrupted the order of nature and led to restructuring of the original land. In recent years, in order to prevent the horizontal growth of cities, the idea of constructing high-rise buildings in cities around the world such as Tehran metropolis has been proposed. One of the ...
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Increasing population has disrupted the order of nature and led to restructuring of the original land. In recent years, in order to prevent the horizontal growth of cities, the idea of constructing high-rise buildings in cities around the world such as Tehran metropolis has been proposed. One of the negative impacts of high-rise building is the change in urban wind flow. Therefore, this study aims to assess the impact of high-rise buildings on the performance of urban wind flow using an inductive-comparative method. In this study, District 22 in Tehran was selected as the case study due to its increasing trend of high-rise construction. The findings of the study showed that the natural pattern of wind flow changed due to the incorrect and non-normative positioning of tall buildings; thereby, this led to the secondary effects resulted from stagnation or intensification of wind flow causing serious problems for air inlet corridor of Tehran. Therefore, appropriate principles and criteria for both the site location as well as the assessment of high-rise building observed by urban managers seem to provide bases for accurate management actions and reduce the side effects.
