ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Human capital in urban management
Information and communications technology facilities at the tertiary level education in some urban universities in Bangladesh

F. M. Shahriar; J. Haque; M. K. Barai

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 149-158

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.001

Abstract
  With the advent of digitalization, information and communications technology facilities have become an indispensable part of education especially at the universities. This study has been undertaken with dual purposes - to find the existing scenario of information and communications technology facilities ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban ecology and related environmental concerns
Modeling and zoning of land subsidence in the southwest of Tehran using artificial neural networks

M. Pishro; S. Khosravi; S.M. Tehrani; S.R. Mousavi

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 159-168

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.002

Abstract
  The earth's surface, due to its natural conditions and its structure is always changing and reshaping. One of the created deformations is the land subsidence. This is the most dangerous events which can be seen in most urban areas especially in the agricultural plains today. This study aims at zoning ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Urban architecture, design, development and planning
Role of environmental rights in the urban design of public places

A.R. Sadeghi; N. Panahi

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 169-182

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.003

Abstract
  In the current period, followed by the industrial revolution, the damaging effects of the one-dimensional attitude towards the environment caused by human have had countless hazards. To cope with these risks, the respect and protection of environmental values has attracted today's urban human attention ...  Read More

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Human capital in urban management
Role of training camp to identity formation among teenagers

T. Nikraftar

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 183-188

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.004

Abstract
  The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of Jihadi camps on the identity formationof teenagers in Iran. Seventy-six campers participated in the study and were randomly divided into control(n = 42) and experimental groups (n =34). The control group does not follow the camp’s regular ...  Read More

SHORT COMMUNICATION Urban social and cultural welfare
Cultural Relativity of Moral Precepts

K. Fatehi; k. Teymournejad

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 189-198

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.005

Abstract
  The foundation of most intellectual discourse is Western-centric to the exclusion of other views. This includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. Such a position is culturally myopic. ...  Read More

CASE STUDY Urban health, safety and environment (HSE)
Evaluation and comparison of job stress among security workers with fixed and shift work schedules in Municipality of Tehran

A. Chaichi; Sh. Bakand; R. Yarahmadi

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 199-208

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.006

Abstract
  Municipality of Tehran with huge number of employees and with the aim to reduce stress and promote the work efficiency, seriously wants to achieve suitable and utilizable studies. Osipow's job stress test is one of the best tools to reach this aim. Data population includes securities building of municipality ...  Read More

CASE STUDY Urban ecology and related environmental concerns
Environmental planning and management of urban natural landscapes

A.R. Sadeghi; M. Khakzand

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 209-220

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.007

Abstract
  Advantages of urbanization such as access to clean water, health, and overall easier life in cities, as well as the disadvantages or its negative effects on environment cannot be ignored. Today, there are numerous environmental problems due to the reduction in ecologically valuable places within urban ...  Read More

CASE STUDY Human capital in urban management
Investigating the relationship between employees’ empowerment and organizational commitment with organizational health mediation in Tehran Municipality, Revenue Recognition and Collection department

B. Movahedi; M. Azarpira

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2016, Pages 221-236

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2016.01.03.008

Abstract
  In today’s leading organizations, employees’ empowerment is considered as a significant issue in human resource management cycle and it has become a central theme of management functions and practices. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between empowerment of staffs and ...  Read More