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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Tehran"”.
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Revitalization of the Bazaar neighborhood in Tehran
… aesthetics, and in old cities such as Tehran (Iran) they are considered the centerpiece of activities with architectural, cultural, historical, religious, and commercial values. However, during the past 400 years, they have undergone social and environmental changes. The neighborhood of …
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Building to power : architecture of Tehran 1921-1941
… Shah Pahlavi orchestrated the transformation of Tehran from a traditional Iranian Islamic city into a modern capital. The urban grid, public spaces, state institutions and housing typologies introduced during his reign permanently altered the character of Tehran. Through the use of 19th and 20th …
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Design of national library for Iran in Tehran
… for the Pahlavi National Library project for Tehran, Iran. The written section of the thesis externalizes the most critical issues and concerns gathered from the evaluation of traditional architecture in Iran and the examination of the needs of libraries in general. These two factors were …
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The Iranian Triad: Forcing a Strategic Decision in Tehran
… is running out to prevent radical hardliners in Tehran from attaining such capabilities. If the status quo is unchanged, the U.S. will soon be forced to choose between accepting a nuclear-armed Iran, and striking Iran's nuclear program militarily, potentially destabilizing the region. In order to …
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The epidemiology and prevention of childhood obesity in Tehran, Iran
… obesity is an important health problem in Tehran and highlighted socio-economic variations in prevalence, which will inform the targeting of prevention interventions. Important contextual information was obtained to inform the development of a prevention intervention.
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The Sociophonetics of Vowel Height: A Study of Variation in Tehran Persian
… to investigate vowel height variation (VHV) in Tehran Persian (TP). Viewing spoken TP as a continuum between Vernacular Tehran Persian (VTP) and Bookish Persian (BP), this study examines how VHV systematically differs between VTP and BP. Sociolinguistic interviews were conducted with a …
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Environmental Awareness, Attitudes, and Behaviour of Secondary School Students and Teachers in Tehran, Iran
… of secondary school students and teachers in Tehran, Iran. The aim was to investigate the current context of EE in Iranian secondary schools. An interpretive approach was used to explore participants’ perspectives through a mix of quantitative and qualitative data, including questionnaires, …
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Constraints on the adoption of Adaptive Water Management principles: the case of Greater Tehran.
… whether AWM could be applied to Greater Tehran in order to maximise sustainability and deal with the future uncertainties. The AWM characteristics of polycentric governance, institutional flexibility, and public participation were used to assess the adaptability of the existing water …
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Construction of history : Mohammad-Reza Shah revivalism, nationalism, and monumental architecture of Tehran, 1951-1979
This Master's thesis focuses on modem Iranian national/revival architecture under the Pahlavi royal dynasty, in particular the reigning period of Mohammad-Reza Shah. I analyze and interpret three specific monuments: the mausoleum of Reza Shah built in 1950, the Shahyad Aryamehr Monument built in …
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Making Ice Cream in Tehran: A Field Experiment on the Impact of Attendance Incentives for Street Working Children
… with children usually working in the streets of Tehran (Iran) on the effectiveness of non-monetary incentives on school attendance and related behaviors. My within-subject design (dictated by severe restrictions in terms of subject pool and harmless of the incentive given how vulnerable the …
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Civic visions, national politics, and international designs : three proposals for a new urban center in Tehran (1966-1976)
… of a ceremonial urban center in northern Tehran. The proposed plan, prepared by Llewelyn-Davies International, consisted of a large plaza and two boulevards lined with governmental and commercial buildings-an extravagant project made possible by the 1973 oil boom that quadrupled Iran's …
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Energy optimisation in residential apartments through the passive design strategies by evaluating the local construction materials and designs in semi-arid climate condition of Tehran
… are widely explored in many developed countries. Tehran characterized by its semi-arid climates and geographical location in a global region is renowned for its high energy consumption and carbon emission rates. This research aims to evaluate the energy performances of low energy housing in multi …
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The effect of atrium configurations on energy usage in high-rise office buildings in semi-arid climate of Tehran
… energy performance of tall office buildings in Tehran. Despite having a rich history of climatic conscious design, the contemporary architecture of the Middle East, and Iran as one of the countries in this region, has witnessed excessive energy use (Holford & Hunt, 2003). The building sector in …
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Fault interaction at different time- and length scales : the North Tehran thrust and Mosha-Fasham fault (Alborz mountains, Iran)
… and the seismically virtually inactive North Tehran Thrust (NTT), adjacent to the Tehran metropolitan area. Fault-kinematic data reveal an early mechanical linkage of the NTT and MFF during an earlier dextral transpressional stage, when the shortening direction was oriented northwest. This …
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Improving quality of life through smart public transport: The interplay of technological and non-technological approaches in London and Tehran
… public transportation systems, focusing on Tehran and London as case studies. Tehran serves as the primary case study, while London provides a comparative framework to better understand the challenges and opportunities in Tehran’s public transport system. The research considers the …
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The Iran I Know as a Woman; Exploring the Boundaries of Literature and Ethnography in Reading Lolita in Tehran and Persepolis
… and ethnography in case of <em>Reading Lolita in Tehran</em> (Nafisi, 2003) and <em>Persepolis</em>(Satrapi, 2003) asking whether personal memoirs can be read as generational memories. By a) a historical survey of “Women’s Question” in contemporary Iran, b) studying the life experience of Iranian …
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A Decade of Failure; Missed Opportunities and the Escalating Crisis over Iran's Nuclear Program
… atomic weapons, although it is too late to stop Tehran from acquiring the capability to produce a nuclear weapon should it choose to manufacture one. Tehran‘s desire to develop either a nuclear weapons capability or an actual arsenal is based on a realist assessment of its security environment – …
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Regional planning and the energy efficiency purposes
… in urban regions throughout Iran, including Tehran Region; second, despite the national regulations set to reduce the use of fossil energies, the use of those energies are still high in different consumption types; third, the Tehran Metropolitan Region Plan as the regional plan for former …
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Fetishising the Dominant Culture in Migration Narratives: Examining Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, Bharati Mukhejree’s Jasmine and Monica Ali’s Brick Lane
… narratives of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (2003), Bharati Mukhejree’s Jasmine (1989) and Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003) in order to reveal how certain meanings become more legitimate than others. In my discussion I expose the ways a narrative can be shaped and …
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