environment
Zohreh Roohipour; Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri; Mariyam Larijani; Alireza Mikaeili
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the establishing of nature school on urban livability in Pardisan Park in Tehran. The research was descriptive-analytical that its analysis was performed by using the Delphi technique. The results of research showed that environmental education ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the establishing of nature school on urban livability in Pardisan Park in Tehran. The research was descriptive-analytical that its analysis was performed by using the Delphi technique. The results of research showed that environmental education as a school of nature has a direct and indirect impact on the components of sustainable urban livability. Also, the amount of impact the whole dimension of nature schools for environmental, economic and social indicators was 0.538, 0.521 and 0.429, respectively. Therefore, the establishing and development of nature schools will improve the urban livability.In addition to this amount, the direct effect, which indicates the impact of the indicator on the livability without interfering with other indicators, is slightly different from the overall effect which indicating the direct and great impact of indicators on the livability.
environment
Jila jadiSa; Kiumars Yarmoradi; Reza Kanooni; Morteza Heydari
Volume 8, Issue 15 , June 2017, , Pages 97-110
Abstract
The quality of environment is equal to quality of life and is one of the influential factors for sustainable development. Local governments could have a great influence on the urban environment management. The objective is to apply practical and implemented methods in descriptive-analytical research. ...
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The quality of environment is equal to quality of life and is one of the influential factors for sustainable development. Local governments could have a great influence on the urban environment management. The objective is to apply practical and implemented methods in descriptive-analytical research. The required data are gathered using questionnaires and face to face interviews with the residents with a volume of 374. Data analysis is done using SPSS software. The results indicate that the following indexes have more factor loadings: For participation index, the tendency to participate in environmental decisions for the neighborhood; for response index, the attention of authorities to improve the condition of your neighborhood environment; for effectiveness and efficiency index, the implemented municipal programs to reduce pollution (climate, water,…) in your neighborhood; for clarity index, the level of your awareness of the executed environmental programs and plans for your neighborhood; for responsibility index, the level of responsibility of the city managers regarding urban environmental protection; for rule of law index, the level of legal action taken by authorities for stopping local polluting agents; for justice and equality index, the level of access to open and green spaces and environmental spaces of the neighborhood.
Geography And Urben Planning
Rostam Saberifar
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2011, , Pages 0-0
Abstract
Urban open spaces are invaluable assets in maintaining ecological health in a highly developed urban matrix. Unfortunately, habitat values and ecological quality of these areas are often challenged by consecutive urbanization. The assessment of changing structure and function of an urban space system ...
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Urban open spaces are invaluable assets in maintaining ecological health in a highly developed urban matrix. Unfortunately, habitat values and ecological quality of these areas are often challenged by consecutive urbanization. The assessment of changing structure and function of an urban space system is crucial in maintaining livable cities. General characteristics and type of open spaces are investigated in case study – Mashhad city. The possible impacts of urban landscape change on the ecological qualities of natural open space patches are explored by using a landscape structure indicator. Even though various conceptual and analytical approaches exist in measuring the ecological integrity of natural systems, in this paper specifically deals with isolation issues. Because an isolated open space system loses its ecological integrity, isolation index yields meaningful result for anticipating the possible threats generated by urban structure. Isolation trends of urban open spaces are displayed. Also, numbers yielded by the isolation index presented. GIS seems to be an appropriate tool to evaluate the intricate attributes involved in the phenomenon. Black- white and colored aerial photographs of the city of Mashhad in various date and other data are available are used for the analysis in GIS environment. The results show some eye-opening facts with regards to the planning and management of urban open spaces, and possible threats to the ecological viability of theses precious areas in the future.
