ملخص الجهاز:
Student in Natural Crises Engineering, Shakhespajouh Research Institute, Isfahan, Iran (Received: August 22, 2016; Accepted: January 16, 2017) Abstract Studies on spatial planning in Iranian history has experienced more than seven decades of programming, But has never been implemented and a firm determination for its operation has not been seen so far.
Associate Professor, Urban Planning Department, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran (Received: December 2, 2016; Accepted: February 26, 2017) Abstract Land cover always has changed due to human activities and natural phenomena, Intensive and variety of these changes in urban environments are more than others.
The objective of this research was assessment the temporal and spatial changes for two coastal cities (Chalus and Babolsar) and two non-coastal cities (Ghaemshahr and Amol) in Mazandaran province with the view to compactness, complexity and centrality of urban form using landscape metrics.
Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry, Gorgan University of Agriculture Science and Natural Resource, Gorgan, Iran (Received: December 21, 2016; Accepted: February 20, 2017) Abstract In order to land cover change modeling and detect to possibility of predict the future trend of Land Change modeler (LCM) was used.
Assistant Professor, College of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Received: December 10, 2016; Accepted: February 12, 2017) Abstract Landscape fragmentation, due to the roads construction, urban infrastructure development and other land uses, seems to be in result of the loss of habitat in protected areas.