Cost-benefit Analysis of Earthquake Costs and Building Retrofitting Costs in Iran by Fariborz Mohammadi, Shahabodin Fuladi Moghaddam, Iman Shabanzadeh, Shahin Behdarvand

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Challenges of Implementing the Policies for Natural Disaster Risk Prevention and Mitigation in Iran by Masoumeh Abbasabadi Arab, Shokofeh Ahmadi, Hamidreza Khankeh, Fariborz Mohammadi, Somia Haq Roosta

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Rethinking the institutional mapping of Iran's national innovation system; A new typology based on knowledge functions by Payam Haghighi Boroujeni, Mostafa Safdari Ranjbar, Toraj Karimi, Seyed Mohammadbagher Jafari

“…Finally, to ensure the results and findings of the research, in the third step, the opinion of experts and specialists in knowledge management and policy-making of science, technology, and innovation, actors, and the institutional mapping of function-actor was confirmed.Findings: According to the elements presented and the initial identification, in the policy-making layer and governing institutions of Iran's national innovation system, in addition to the government structure, there are higher levels such as the Leadership, the Expediency Discernment Council, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and the Islamic Consultative Assembly, which go beyond The government is placed at this level and influences the performance of the national innovation system from a management point of view. …”
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Indo-Pacific Role in Iran’s East Look Strategy by Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

“…This approach was reflected in official documents such as the Twenty-Year Vision, General Policies document approved by the Assembly, the Expediency Discernment Council and the Constitutional Law. Many practical and theoretical views have been expressed following the East Look strategy, which takes a strategic approach to regions beyond Iran’s northeastern, eastern, and southeastern borders, especially China and Russia. …”
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