Studying the Effect of Accessibility and Vitality on Urban Space Efficiency in Iran (Case Study: Hamadan City)

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Soroush Karami ¹ , Abbas Fakhrayee ² , Sanaz Karami ³

1 - Lecturer of Urban Design & Planning Department, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran.
2 - Lecturer of Urban Design & Planning Department, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran.
3 - Master of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch, Hamadan, Iran.

Received: 2013-11-29 Accepted : 2014-12-08 Published : 2015-01-01

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