Abstract： On the one hand, while the modern urban pains like garbage siege, ecological fragmentation and waterlogging push people to the extreme isolation from nature, it makes people more longing for the green hills and blue waters in cities as well. On the other hand, the traditional Chinese culture never treats nature as human’s opposing alien, but regards the two as an inseparable integrity, and only when human’s behavior conforms to natural principle, can he maintain his healthy mental and social development. The waterfront space is an important composition of an ecological city, which plays positive role in upgrading urban ecological civilization and life taste, as well as promoting resident’s mental ecology and emotional exchanges. This paper plans to start from the perspective of healthy consciousness to briefly discuss the planning and design of urban waterfront landscape by integrating the design practices of Wuhan Shahu Park around two dimensions of main healthy functions of waterfront landscape as well as planning factors and design strategies. It aims to upgrade a further understanding to the planning and design methods and their functional values of the modern ecological urban construction and waterfront landscape.

Abstract： Urban expansion is a human induced phenomenon with inherent effects on the environment. The aim of this study was to examine agricultural land loss and its effect on crop yield in the study area. Two methods of data collection were applied in this research. The first was geospatial technology used to obtain Land use/Land cover and to check the rate of urban expansion. The land-sat image of Ankpa was acquired for three different years of 1987, 2001 and 2016 with the aid of Idrisi Andes land use change modeler and Arc GIS 9.3 used to generate the statistics to show change over the period of 29 years of study. The second data was on crop yield obtained from Kogi Agricultural Development Project. The study revealed that land use and land cover of the study area had undergone considerable changes over the period examined. Built-up areas had expanded significantly during the twenty-nine years period under review. Agricultural lands, vegetation and bare surface declined due to the growths in population and physical developments. The trend analysis of farmland from 1995 to 2016 showed a decreasing pattern. The study therefore recommended the need for government to control urban development from spreading to agriculture land as this would have serious repercussion on food production.

Abstract： The purpose of this paper is to point out some important elements of Tiranas change of apartment during the second half of the 20th century. Focusing on the type of traditional dwelling on the outskirts of Tirana, it should be noted that the basic characteristic of this province is the type of dwelling with a fire house in the center along the two floors, which is also referred to as Tirana dwellings due to the large spread that has taken. Referring to the changes after the 50s of the 20th century, we see that we have a complete transformation of the apartment, from the architecture of construction, positioning and furnishing. In this paper I will try to give some features that are directly related to the transformations that have been made to the Tirana apartment, especially the rural areas.

Abstract： Covid 19 is not only a global epidemic that has affected public health, but has also severely affected the global economy and financial markets. Significant declines in income, rising unemployment, and disruption of urban transportation, services, and manufacturing industries are among the consequences of the Covid 19 epidemic. According to an initial forecast by the International Monetary Fund 2020, the global economy has shrunk by about 3％ in 2020. These effects will be greater in developing countries and their metropolises than in developed countries. Therefore, this study is an attempt to explain the problems and consequences of urban economics in the face of the epidemic damage of Covid 19 as well as neglected issues that will be learned from the experience of the consequences of this epidemic in the field of economic geography for managers and the planners of urban economic development. The type of this research is descriptive-analytical in terms of method and applied in terms of purpose. The information contained in this research has been collected through library documents and the results have been achieved by analyzing them. The results show that as a result of the Covid 19 epidemic, the urban economy in Iran has suffered from a deep recession, the depth of which depends on the continuation of the disease. Urban economy in Iran from the perspective of urban governance in order to develop and finance the provision of urban services; The revenue side of the municipal budget, as well as the household economy, has suffered the most during the corona outbreak due to rising unemployment. In general, it can be said that most of the effects of Corona in Iran have been on the cities from a geographical point of view, and the economic sectors, especially the service sector, have suffered the most, in a way that recreation, transportation, tourism and services that actually deal with human communities and are influenced by the corona.