Creating Shade in Arid Climates: A Welcoming Landscape Based on Zoroastrian Beliefs for the Towers of Silence

This study develops a landscape design, which demonstrates how to change the microclimate in a historical public space (Towers of silence, in city of Yazd, designated as World Heritage Site, in the heart of Iran). The arid historic city of Yazd is getting hotter. The increasing temperatures make...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Najafi Ashtiani, Azadeh
Other Authors: Landscape Architecture
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95986