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  1 - Evaluating Solid Waste Management System of Urban Settlements (Case study: Mazandaran Province)
  Jamal Mohammadi Mohammad Reza Kanani Masoumeh Akbari
  Solid waste materials are among the inevitable products of every society and their management is one of the basic needs of every community. Therefore, it is essential that the manager of solid waste materials perform in a frame of a systematic and targeted system, so th More

  Solid waste materials are among the inevitable products of every society and their management is one of the basic needs of every community. Therefore, it is essential that the manager of solid waste materials perform in a frame of a systematic and targeted system, so that in cases of need, he can prevent reduction of resources and even environmental pollution.  Therefore, the present research, with the aim of evaluating solid waste materials’ management system in the urban residences of Mazandaran Province and with the aim to present the necessary preparation to improve it, was undertaken. The method in this research is descriptive– analytical type. Thus, after studying the literature of research, the Delphi method was used for selection criteria. Then, in order to equalize comparison criteria, distance bipolar comparison method was used and in order to determine the proportional importance of the criteria, the weighting techniques and the  Anthropic method were used. In this study, evaluating and ranking was performed using Multi-Criterion Decision Making Methods. Therefore, in the compensatory group, Multi-Characteristics Decision Making Models; from subgroup of grading and scoring, simple total weight method; and, from adaptive subgroup, the rating method based on the similarity were used ideally and finally. The final ranking was determined using the average method of ranks. It seems that cities of Babol and Abbass-Abad have allocated themselves the first and the last ranks in urban residences and in next rates, cites like Tonekabon, Babolsar after cities of Babol, and cities of Farim and Balladeh are located after Abbass Abad.       Manuscript profile
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  2 - Analyzing the causes of citizens' tendency towards neoclassical style in urban settlements (Case study: Tehran, District 1)
  Arshia Allahyari Majid Shahbazi Zoherh Torabi
  Introduction Architecture, as a physical manifestation of a society's culture, throughout history, besides being affected by cultural interactions, political changes and social reforms, has also influenced the behavioral patterns of society's people. An example of this More

  Introduction Architecture, as a physical manifestation of a society's culture, throughout history, besides being affected by cultural interactions, political changes and social reforms, has also influenced the behavioral patterns of society's people. An example of this influence can be seen in the façade of urban buildings, which have found a disjointed structure in recent years. Considering people's acceptance of neoclassical (Roman) facades and the increase of this type of façade construction in metropolises, the present research seeks to investigate the causes of citizens' tendency to use Roman facades in buildings. Methodology The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method. Lisrel and SPSS software and path analysis tests and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyze the data and prove the hypothesis test.Geographical area of research The study area of the research is a district of Tehran city, which along with its boundaries has an area of about 181 square kilometers and according to the latest census results in 2015, it has a population equal to 494 thousand people.Results and discussion Investigations about the influence of economic, social, cultural and aesthetic factors on the tendency of citizens to use neoclassical facades and data analysis show the proof of research hypotheses. So that according to the output of Lisrel software, the values of the index with factor loadings greater than 0.3 and t-statistics higher than 1.96 are acceptable, economic factors, social factors, cultural factors and aesthetic factors respectively with values T (3/69), (2/07), (4/12) and (9/00) all correctly cover the variables and are valid. Conclusion The results of this research show that the effective factors in the tendency of citizens to use common facades are outside the framework of approved rules and laws. As long as the principles and rules for the design and implementation of facades are not developed, the process of façade construction being affected by cultural, social and economic conditions will continue. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Urban Service in Residential Centers in Mazandaran Province
  پری شکری فیروزجاه asadollah divsalar bahareh abdollahi hasan rasouli
  Introduction Urban planning, since it is related to the allocation and distribution of scarce resources among different places in the city, its reliance on the criteria of spatial distribution of urban services, it is necessary.Research purposeThe purpose of this study More

  Introduction Urban planning, since it is related to the allocation and distribution of scarce resources among different places in the city, its reliance on the criteria of spatial distribution of urban services, it is necessary.Research purposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the spatial distribution of urban service uses in urban centers of Mazandaran province.Methodology The present research is of applied type and its method is descriptive-analytical. The data required for the research were collected using the library method and documents from the statistical yearbook of Mazandaran province in 2017. In this study, to measure the spatial distribution of urban services, the indicators of recreational-welfare services, transportation services, urban infrastructure, urban development, urban green space, educational services, health services and cultural services have been used. Vikor model has been used to rank the urban centers of Mazandaran cities based on the status of urban services development.Geographical area of research The study area is the city centers of Mazandaran province.Results and discussion Findings show that only 7 cities of the province, which include urban areas of 4 cities of Babolsar, Fereydunkenar, Kelardasht and Ramsar, are in fully-owned, well-off and semi-well-served groups, and their citizens are in a position to enjoy urban services. They have an ideal. In other words, providing services to citizens in the cities of Babolsar, Bahnmir, Hadi Shahr, Fereydunkenar, Kelardasht, Ramsar and Katalam and Sadatshahr is largely acceptable.Conclusion The results show that nearly 90% of the cities of Mazandaran province in terms of urban service indicators are unfavorable and below average and the lack of urban services considered in the study is felt in proportion to the population of these cities.Key words: Spatial distribution, urban services, urban settlements Manuscript profile