Urban Ecological Network of Tabriz City And Proposed Solutions for Preservation and Development

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Nowadays, the changes emerged from human activities in a dynamic environment and the predominance of the man on landscape has caused a fragmented natural environment. It has led to improving and a shift from concentration on ecological concept of isolation to the linkages and from site conservation to an ecological conservation network. Therefore, the new concept of landscape ecology with combination of science and emphasizes on spatial patterns has been entered into environmental planning and designing.
Hence, a concept such as designing urban ecological network has received more attention by the environmental scientists. The present study was conducted to study the urban ecological network of Tabriz city. At the first stage, the present status of the urban ecological network of Tabriz was investigated by Mosaic model. As a result, natural and artificial ecological layers were identified. Then, the layers were analyzed by network analysis technique. This helped us to determine the network structure and enhance it at city scale

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