Simin Tavallaei

Kharazmi University | KHU · Department of Geography

Quick urban growth and its horizontal expansion in Iran maybe more severe than most developed and developing countries. This process of urbanization has deprived most historical cities of Iran of unified urban structure and has faced them with specific problems in balanced development. in addition, many lands, land uses, old and deteriorated urban...

Quality of life (QoL) is being considered as one of the fundamental concepts in contemporary era. It tries to assess the level of general welfare of the communities. Urban transitional neighborhoods possess specific situation and as a result present distinctive QoL. The major objective of this study is to identify and measure the QoL dimensions in...

Tourism development based on natural and geo-tourism attractions have been among the study targets of urban regional planners during past decades. It is obvious that Feasibility studies as well as the evaluation of urban tourism potentials are being considered as first phase of tourism planning. The major objective of this study is to investigate t...

Ecological footprint is a way of measuring urban and regional ecological impacts and guides communities toward sustainability. This Technique measures how much land is required to supply our living and lifestyle including food, housing, energy/fuel, transport, and consumer goods and services along with their corresponding energy requirements. This...

Tehran's crime rate is remarkably high. This rate is being controlled by some demographic, social and economic characteristics as well as certain locational specification. The measure objective of this article was to investigate the relationship between some offenders' characteristics and type and magnitude of crimes. Identification of Tehran's maj...

Eco-tourism as a purposive trip to natural settings and habitats and with the aims of cultural preservation and conservation is a viable economic alternative. Eco-tourism possesses some positive environmental, economic and social impacts among which conduction of environmental protection measures, income generation, creation of job opportunities, a...