Elevated Highways in Residential Layouts: The Imposed Negative Impacts (Case Study: Sadr Elevated Highway)

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Marjan Khaleghi ¹ , Jahanshah Pakzad ²

1 - M.A.,Department of Urban Planning and Design, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2016-01-23 Accepted : 2017-01-12 Published : 2017-06-01

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