...Pari Alavi; Kamal Rouhparvar; Ashkan Khatibi; Mahtab Sedigh Rezvani Purpose This study conducts a comparative sustainability assessment of industrial heritage revitalization projects in Iran using the German DGNB rating system. Three prominent industrial heritage sites (Karaj Iron Foundry, Tehran...

... for overcoming them. This study aims to advance understanding of the barriers to sustainable project management in Iran as a representative developing country. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review identified thirty potential barriers, which informed the design of a questionnaire...

...Ali Fathalizadeh; M. Reza Hosseini; Seyyed Saeed Vaezzadeh; David J. Edwards; Igor Martek; Salman Shooshtarian Purpose The barriers to integrating sustainable practices into construction project management require extensive resource allocations to resolve. Within developing countries such as Iran...

...Mohammad Paydar; Enayatollah Rahimi Purpose Iran’s metropolitan areas are growing rapidly, and, among them, Shiraz has experienced a high rate of urban sprawl in recent decades. On the other hand, besides wasting the resources, urban sprawl does not follow the principles of sustainable urban...

...Sadra Sahebzadeh; Zahra Dalvand; Milad Sadeghfar; Ali Heidari Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce and discuss 11 strategies and 11 sets of tools to provide a knowledge background on how native people of Iran have come up with innovative solutions to create a sustainable...