Resources for those pursuing an education in planning and architecture. Higher degrees, evaluation of educational programs, application procedures, foreign student issues. In addition, resources for community educational outreach.
A friend, living in Iran, paints a vivid picture of Iran's school system.
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Applyabroad.org is a great resource for Iranian students who want to study abroad. Persian language.
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Applyabroad.org مجموعهای شامل اطلاعات متنوع در زمینه گرفتن پذیرش از دانشگاههای خارج از ایران و همچنین مراحل و اطلاعات لازم جهت دریافت ویزای تحصیلی است و با هدف کمک به دانشجویان ایرانی برای ادامه تحصیل در خارج از کشور ایجاد شده است.
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This video shows the world's air traffic over the course of a day. See North America, Europe and Asia light up much more than the rest of the world. Air traffic activity is a good economic indicator. If you've got people moving to and fro in airplanes, there must be a lot of economic activity to support it.
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For those of you interested in studying planning in the US or Canada, Planetizen has compiled a helpful
directory of Urban Planning programs.
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The Shiraz University Planning Department calls itself the Department of Urbanism. What do they mean by this? Well, let's look at "New Urbanism". A movement with some supporters, a
congress ("CNU") and a
charter. How is the "New Urbanism" different from "Urbanism"? How do the principles of the charter fit with the issues facing Iran, and specifically, our home city, Shiraz?
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