Urban and Regional Research Center of North East of Iran

The Urban and Regional Research Center of North-East of Iran was founded in 2007 at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The aim of this center is to respond to the needs for applied research and production of knowledge in the areas of urban and regional studies. This research center has the following objectives:

  • Conducting fundamental, applied and developmental research projects with regard to Urban and Regional issues and also scientific cooperation with municipal agencies
  • Recognizing and developing strategic research priorities focusing on Urban and Regional issues
  • Encouraging the participation of researchers to cooperate in the fields related to the goal of the Urban and Regional Research Center in the Country
  • Holding symposiums and scientific meetings concerning Urban and Regional issues

Activities

    • Sponsoring Architecture and Urbanism Conference called "Challenges of Urban Modernization - The Distinction Between Outward and Inward"
    • Supporting the Second International Conference on "Architecture and Tourism"
    • Supporting the sixth and seventh National Conference on “Planning and Urban Management”

    Facilities

    The Urban and Regional Research Center of North-East of Iran benefits from a special library. The library holds over 250 volumes of books concerning various fields of Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Design and others.More

    Director of the Research Center for Urban and Regional Studies of North East
    Omid_Ali_Kharazmi
    Omid Ali Kharazmi
    Professor
    Department of Geography
    kharazmi@um.ac.ir
    +98513880

    Contact Information

    Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

    Urban and Regional Research Center of North East of Iran

    Phone: +985138806757

    Fax: +98518794144