Speed Up, Slow Down or Both? Investigating the Contemporary Cities

Subject Areas : Space Ontology International Journal

Azadeh Pourtazak ¹ , Seyed Hossein Bahrainy ² , Mohammad Naghizadeh ³

1 - PhD. Candidate, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor, Faculty of fine arts, University of Tehran, Tehran , Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran , Iran.

Received: 2017-10-27 Accepted : 2018-05-17 Published : 2018-09-01

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