List of Articles Open Access Article Abstract Page Full-Text 1 - Develop an Appropriate Model for Sustainable Rural Tourism around Metropolitan Areas (Case Study: Baraghan Village) alireza farazandeh زاهد شفیعی mahtab jafari Open Access Article Abstract Page Full-Text 2 - Explaining Sustainable Land Use Change by Mediating the Power-Public Interest Duality (Case Study: Issued Permits and Approvals of the Tehran Article 5 Commission) Yaghoob Haqpanah Hosain Zabihi Zahra Sadat Saeideh zarabadi حمید ماجدی Open Access Article Abstract Page Full-Text 3 - Pathology of decision-making and decision-making processes with emphasis on the analysis of council-municipality relations (Case study of Tehran) amir ghasemi bahman karegar Open Access Article Abstract Page Full-Text 4 - Analyzing and evaluating the pathology of the spread and horizontal expansion of Ahvaz metropolis on the quality of services and the livability of urban areas zahra nazari Saeid Kamyabi abbas arghan