1.1 Case Study 1(ISFAHAN) :
BRIEF
Isfahan is a large city located in the centre of today's Iran plateau. It's not well known when exactly Isfahan was established as a city but it grew considerably from the early 11th through the 18th century. A number of Isfahan's monuments designated by UNESCO. along the river runs through the city many bridges constructed which most of them are representatives of Safavid era's architecture style.
CLIMATE
The mean annual rainfall of western region is 800 mm, while it is about 75 mm in the eastern arid region. The average coefficient of variation (CV) of rainfall in the province is 34%. Winter and fall rainfall consists of 48.4 and 27.6% of total annual rainfall, whereas it is 23 and 1% for spring and summer season, respectively. The average maximum temperature in the province varies from 16.2 to 28.2 °C and the average minimum temperature varies from 6.3 to 1.1 °C. July and August are the warmest and January and February are the coldest months of the province.\cite{modarres2009}