On 15 October, the opening ceremony of my exhibition was held at the House of Community and Civic Life in Paris 15th. It was a special honor to present my illustrations inspired by people’s stories of the city in a place that truly belongs to its residents. This event was organized by the Culture Without […]
On 15 October, the opening ceremony of my exhibition was held at the House of Community and Civic Life in Paris 15th. It was a special honor to present my illustrations inspired by people’s stories of the city in a place that truly belongs to its residents. Showing these works in a community-centered space added
M. Erfanian Salim and Osman Mohd Tahir Urban open public spaces are supposed to meet peoples’ needs in contemporary thinking of urban design. This study posits that urban design can meet users’ needs while identifying factors affecting these needs. Thus, the study clarifies the environmental factors as a part of these affecting factors and specifically
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M. Erfanian Salim and O. Mohd Tahir Small islands are often encouraged to balance their economic and environmental concerns toward sustainable tourism. Universal experience shows that sustainable tourism in small islands should take into account their individual characteristics. This paper investigates the quality of sustainable tourism in a small island, namely, Kish in the South
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Mona Erfanian Salim Today, tourism has an important role in the development of many Small Islands all over the world because of their economic dependency on tourism. The sustainable tourism has established in order to balance between the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of development in these Islands. This paper attempts to clarify that urban
Urban Open Public Space Good Opportunity for Sustainable Tourism in Small Islands Read More »
Mona Erfanian Salim and Osman Mohd Tahir In regarding to sustainable tourism principles, a tourism island is assumed to provide tourists’ needs in different aspects. “Thus, among the shorelines of the Island, public open spaces that contain a lot of tourists should meet tourists’ needs.” It needs to be more focused on contemporary thinking of
Tourism Motivation and Tourists’ Needs in Public Open Space (Case Study: Kish Island) Read More »
Mona Erfanian Salim and Osman Mohd Tahir In contemporary urban thinking, public open spaces will be successful if respect their users’ needs. This study posits that in an island with tourist attractions, where users of urban open spaces are majorly tourists, these spaces are affected by numerous demographic factors and specifically clarify the factor of
Gender Affecting Tourists’ Needs for a Public Open Space Read More »
Mona Erfanian Salim, Ali Afshar In regarding to sustainable tourism principles, a tourism island is assumed to provide tourists’ need in different aspects. Thus, among the shorelines of the Island, public open spaces where contain a lot of tourists should meet tourists’ needs. It needs to be more focused as contemporary thinking of urban design,
Erfanain Salim M. In the rapid process of development of cities, the concept of quality is a missing gap in all aspects of urban life. The ever-increasing trend of people towards urban life and, as a result, distancing themselves from natural, dynamic, and creative processes, has turned the decline in the quality of human life
Quality query; A Cultural Flow in a National Scale Read More »
Erfanian Salim Mona The cities of the Silk Road have a similar asset that is related to their history. All these cities are historic and it gives them a strong potential for the tourism industry. Attention to these cities in relation to the Silk Road contains a strong potential for them toward cultural tourism. Tourism
How can the Silk Road Benefit my Citizens (both Genders)? Read More »
