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    Iran. J. Environ. Health. Sci. Eng.‚ 2010‚ Vol. 7‚ No. 1‚ pp. 43-52 URBAN SPRAWL AND CLIMATIC CHANGES IN TEHRAN *1Gh. R. Roshan‚ 2S. Zanganeh Shahraki‚ 3D. Sauri‚ 4R. Borna 1 Faculty of Geography‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran Geography and Urban Planning Department‚ University of Tehran‚ Tehran‚ Iran 3 Department of Geography‚ Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona‚ Bellaterra‚ Spain 4 Islamic Azad University‚ Branch of Ahvaz‚ Ahvaz‚ Iran 2 Downloaded from http://journals.tums.ac.ir/ on

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    Draft Frumkin (2001) ‚ in his article“urban sprawl and public health”‚ analyses the physical and mental effects of urban sprawl. In the section “physical effects of urban sprawl” of the article “urban sprawl and public health”‚ Frumkin(2001) argues the relationship between urban sprawl and physical health. The writer points out that urban sprawl leads to high levels of driving cars and motor vehicles are a main cause of air pollution. Furthermore‚ air pollution results in numerous health problems

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    URBAN DESIGN AND CONSERVATION 1. Urban Design The term “urban design” may have been coined in the mid-1950s but 20 years later it was still largely unused outside a small circle of people concerned with the four-dimensional development of precincts of cities. It has a wide‚ almost boundary-less definition with different connotations depending on professional discipline or the particular context within which the urban environment is being assessed. It is the process of making or shaping physical

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    Urban Sprawl Rapid expansion of our metropolitan areas has been coined the term “urban sprawl”. Urban sprawl is now looked at negatively because of its affect on society. Because of capitalism and the idea of having your home with the white picket fence‚ urban sprawl has taken over the United States of America. The affects of urban sprawl can be seen in our environment‚ our community‚ and in our health. Our community has changed the most due to urban sprawl. “One in two Americans now lives

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    development of urban motorization in big cities has caused some negative effects to their population. Social issues and ecological issues are the main problems that occur in those cities. There are some reasons that lead to the motorization era in the cities. One of them is urban sprawl. Urban sprawl is the enlargement of city’s development that spread far away from the centre to the outskirt of that city. Urban sprawl is the result of the increasing urbanization. Although urban sprawl is the main aspect

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    The terms urban sprawl and car dependent now accurately describe the lifestyle of most Americans and individuals around the globe. Urban sprawl is an urban layout where the location of homes‚ schools‚ shops‚ and places of work are widely separated. All of the vastly separated locations are connected by multilane highways. The highways alleviate the issue of distance and replace it with an issue of time (how quick a location can be reached). The city limits are also constantly extending into the countryside

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    Increasing urban sprawl and motorization have become leading causes of environmental and social problems in recent years throughout the world‚ particularly in cities of developing countries. Urban sprawl is the disorderly expansion of urban areas‚ especially resulting from real estate development on the out skirts of a city. Motorization‚ which is linked to urban sprawl‚ can be defined as the increasing use of motor vehicles. Although motor vehicles offer some benefits such as convenience‚ their

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    Melbourne’s urban development and consider it’s future direction in order to administer in the forefront development. A recent study by the ABS (2014) for 2030‚ revealed Melbourne’s city population growth to increase significant amount of one third. It is apparent that Melbourne will face numerous concerns due to the increase in population growth (local and international scale) and urban spread. This issue has caused an ongoing debate whether to implement an urban consolidation model or urban sprawl model

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    Diabetes and Urban Sprawl Analysis In the video series Designing Healthy Communities‚ Richard Jackson‚ MD‚ MPH examines the connection between Type II Diabetes and urban sprawl. Analyzing the information in the video will provide a critique of the message delivered‚ in addition to determining its value towards improving public health. This will be done by summarizing the video‚ relating the information presented in the video to other resources‚ critiquing the presentation and value of the information

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    Urban sprawl‚ the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas‚ has slowed down by 9% since the 1990s (Borenstein). Urban sprawl was steadily increasing starting in 1920 due to new street construction and it peaked in 1994. Despite the belief that urban sprawl is the result of a healthy economic and social process‚ urban sprawl needs to be restricted and eventually stopped. Urban sprawl is rapidly expanding‚ destroying wildlife‚ and causing a rise in pollution and disease. Urban sprawl has come to be fairly

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