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Housing policy formulation should be informed by a careful understanding of the behaviour of the housing market, as reflected by housing demand. Since Housing is a complex outcome of cultural, economic and regulatory environment, cross-city studies may be helpful. This thesis sheds light on housing demand in Tehran and Mashad, based on microeconometric data from 0319. In this study, we divided housing demand to three choices: tenure, location and size. The study finds that although price and education variables in Tehran is significantly effective, in Mashhad is not effective. But age variable is significantly effective in both cities  

The residential construction projects are an important and extraordinary part of the economy of Iran. Due to their important role and lots of problems that these kinds of projects face, this research was conducted. Delay is one of the main problems in these projects. In order to identify the causes of delay and propose recommendations to minimize it in Mashhad, Iran, a comprehensive literature review and interview with experts were conducted. One hundred and eight factors were identified and categorized into nine main groups. Based on the identified factors, a questionnaire survey was prepared, developed and distributed among the people who were active in the residential construction... 

Natural disasters, earthquakes in particular, claim many human lives and damage major lifelines such as transportation networks. Transportation networks play an important role in various stages of response to disasters, such as evacuation, search, rescue and reconstruction missions. Hence, special attention must be paid to transportation networks in any disaster management system. Hence, in order to reduce the impacts of earthquakes on denser cities and metropolitan areas, analysis of the resiliency and vulnerability of critical infrastructures such as transportation network, can be used as an effective strategy.The resiliency and vulnerability of transportation network have attract a lot... 

Identifying the success factors of construction projects is one of the most important issues in project management. Lack of sufficient and comprehensive knowledge of project success factors makes it difficult to control, monitor and operate projects. Therefore, identifying the factors influencing the failure or success of projects according to the type of projects by managers, employers and executives can provide a good framework for evaluating and reviewing project outputs for them. Also, recognizing the success factors of projects can help to manage the appropriate allocation of resources throughout the life of the project. The result of this study can increase the existing knowledge about...