Evaluation and Prioritization of Indicators That Improve the Quality of Life in Residential Neighborhoods

Subject Areas : Architecture

Khosro Movahed ¹ , Hadi Nikounam Nezami ²

1 - Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.
2 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

Received: 2021-05-02 Accepted : 2021-09-03 Published : 2022-04-01

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