First National Conference on Islamic Architecture, Urban Heritage and Sustainable Development is going to be held

IUESA: The First National Conference on Islamic Architecture, Urban Heritage and Sustainable Development is going to be held by the Administration of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Tehran Province late February of this year.

Six topics of the national conference on Islamic Architecture, Urban Heritage and Sustainable Development include:

1. Architecture Engineering and Sustainable Development

Modern materials and technologies in architecture

Architecture and urban identity

Sustainable architecture

Archeology and urban heritage

Architecture and its role in urban sustainable development

New methods and technologies in architecture

New energies in architecture

Styles of architecture

Street architecture

The impact of technological developments in architecture

Urban graphics

Iranian architecture and urban sustainable development

Architecture and Environment

Sustainable architecture and smart buildings

Architecture, climate change and energy consumption style

Aspects of traditional and Islamic architecture and urban development of area

Vernacular architecture patterns

Landscape architecture

Islamic architecture and sustainable development

Ecology and aesthetics in architecture

Other new ideas in the field of architecture

2. Urban development and sustainable development

Distressed areas and informal settlements (challenges and strategies)

New urbanism and sustainable development

National and regional policies and urban sustainable development

City unsustainability and effective factors

Recognition of barriers, constraints and indicators for urban sustainable development

Qualified governance and public participation in urban sustainable development

New cities and urban sustainable development

Urban sustainable development experiences in the world and Iran

Development of tourism industry in urban sustainable development

The application of modern technologies in urban development

Architecture and indigenous and climatological urban development patterns and its effect on urban development

Urban elements and related issues

Regional and Urban Planning

Urban design, urban scenes and psychological security

Participation in urban affairs

Urban rehabilitation and renovation

Smart buildings and application of new technologies in the construction and urban development

Other new ideas in urbanism and sustainable development

Historical contexts and rehabilitation of historical monuments

Urban renovation

Planning, improvement the quality of services and urban environment

Urbanization and its environmental impacts

Cities and environmental management system

Other ideas related to urban development and sustainable development

3. Tourism, cultural heritage and urban heritage

Evaluation of tourism development plans

International marketing in tourism and consumer behavior

Architecture, tourism and urban heritage

Archeology and sustainable tourism

Tourism, urban heritage and landscape architecture

Tourism, ecotourism and natural ecosystems management, and climate and weather

Geography and tourism (all domains)

Tourism in protected areas, natural and jungle parks

Tourism, architecture, urbanism and sustainable development

Strategies targeted tourism management (economic, social, cultural, etc.)

Religious, cultural and medical tourism

Tourism, museums and local music and handicrafts

Problems, obstacles and needs of the tourism industry in Iran

Sport tourism (mountain, desert hiking, cycling tourism, Skiing)

Tourism, land use planning and national solidarity

Geography, tourism and urban, rural and nomadic development

Tourism, people, culture, religion and national events

Tourism, higher education, international universities

Tourism, telecommunications, transport and information technology (IT)

Behavioral analysis of tourism and cultural interaction

Tourism, order and security and the development of border areas and poor areas

Information systems in the tourism industry and quantitative methods in tourism

Tourism, airports and air transport

Application of GIS in tourism management and tourism

Consequence analysis tourism projects

The role of custodian organizations in sustainable development of tourism

Nervous tourism

Tourism, agriculture and environmental sustainability

Other new ideas in the field of tourism, cultural heritage and sustainable development

4. Geography and Sustainable Development

Geographic sciences and new technologies

Geography and national development strategies

Geography and land use planning

Geography and comprehensive urban management

Geography and new tourism strategies and sustainable development

Geography and environmental management

Geography and crisis management

Land use in cities

Suburbanization and informal settlements

Recognition of barriers, constraints and indicators of sustainable urban development

Indigenous and climatic architecture and urbanism patterns and their impact on urban development

Participation in urban affairs

Other new ideas in the field of geographical sciences, urban management and sustainable development

5. Management and urban planning

Urbanization culture

Citizen and citizenship rights

Historical buildings and their role in urban development plans

Interaction in urban space

Environmental Psychology

Institutionalization methods of environmental culture

City and citizenship rights

Designing and urban spaces

The participation of citizens and the private sector in improving services and urban environment

Urban physical planning

Urban and regional planning

Urban management

Urban development plans

Urban projects management

Crisis management

Earthquake risk reduction programs in high seismic zones

Participation in Urban Affairs

Urban tourism

Evaluation of implementation impact of urban projects

Urban rehabilitation and renovation

Urban views

The impact of new technologies of construction in the urban contexts

The application of modern technologies in urban development

Environmental management and sustainable development of cities

6. Urban environment

Environment and types of pollution

Environmental management and sustainable development of cities and villages

Planning and improvement of the quality of services and the urban environment

Forests, urban green space and environmental sustainability

Urbanization and its environmental impacts

Application of innovative technologies in monitoring and removal of environmental pollutants

Cities and environmental management system

Green spaces and the urban environment

Environmental issues of metropolises

Environmental impacts of construction projects and urban development on cities

Cities and environmental management system

Effects and methods of analysis of the environmental impacts of projects on cities

Engineering principles and control environmental pollution in cities

Waste management in cities

Immunity, health and the urban environment

Nanotechnology and the Environment

Methods to institutionalize environmental protection

New technologies and the urban environment

Urban transport, its environmental impacts and solutions

Application of GIS in the identification and mapping of environmental pollutants

Climate Change and Environment

The participation of citizens and the private sector to improve services and the urban environment

Green buildings, clean energy and environmental sustainability

Tourism and Environment

Other new ideas in order to protect the environment

Deadline for submission of full text articles to the conference: Sunday, January 10, 2016

Date of conference: Thursday, February 18, 2016

For more information, applicants can visit the conference website address www.iusd.ir/fa