Behramani Alireza Hashemi
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Alireza Hashemi Behramani, urban planner and geographer, is a PhD researcher conducting his doctoral research on the Urban development, Transportation, land use and sustainability nexus. Alireza tests the Transit Oriented Development model within the development of Tehran megalopolis鈥� sprawl into surrounding mountain range, the Caspian Provinces to the north and the desert to the south. |
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Thesis There is a growing concern across the planet that pressured by population听growth, land and natural resources scarcity and economic expediency,听future patterns of Urban development will frame the prosperity听and livelihood of communities in relation with their natural environment.听Some current patterns such as urban sprawl have intended and unintended听consequences. Indeed, city centre decline, acceleration of gentrification,听increased reliance on the use of the private car, the loss of听public space, environmental pressures and externalities are among a听long list of externalities that will impact our common Urban Future, the听livelihood of our cities and the wel being of the population. In this respect听development models such as Transit-Oriented Developmnet(TOD),听as a strategy to curb urban sprawl and the further growth in the car use,听is the central issues in recent debates about sustainable metropolitan听area need to integrate new dynamics of change and be empowered by听the literature and scientific research on the nexus between built environment听and natural environment in the context of demographic and environmental听change.听 听 |
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Hashemi analyses the consequence of TOD in the听case of futur Alborz high speed train in Tehran metropolitan area. Alireza听conducts his research under the supervision of Prof Laurent Matthey听and Dr. Alexander Hedjazi.听 听 Research specialties Sustainable urban development, |
M. Alireza Hashemi Behramani
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