Sustainable cities and the contribution of historical urban green spaces: A case study of historical Persian gardens

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 13290-13316

  Rostami, Raheleh ^a   Lamit, Hasanuddin ^a   Khoshnava, Seyed Meysam ^a   Rostami, Rasoul ^b   Rosley, Muhamad Solehin Fitry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heritage; Identity and belonging; Quality of life; Sustainable development; Urban green spaces; Well being

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; GREENSPACE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; GARDEN CITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 84949256736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su71013290     Document Type: Article

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