The Problemology of Iran's urban Development Policies with a Focus on the Legal Dimension of Urban Development Programs after the Period  of the Islamic Revolution

Rashidi, Mohsen; Saremi, Hamidreza; Shieh, Ismaeil

doi:10.48311/UDD.5.3.7

The Problemology of Iran's urban Development Policies with a Focus on the Legal Dimension of Urban Development Programs after the Period of the Islamic Revolution "from the Beginning of the 1360s to the End of the 1390s"

Document Type : Qualitative Research

Authors

M. Rashidi ¹

H. saremi ²

I. Shieh ³

¹ PhD student in Urban Planning, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Associate Professor Department of Urban Planning, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Professor Department of Urban Planning, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.48311/UDD.5.3.7

Abstract

Aims: The problemology of Iran’s urban development policies is focused on the legal dimension of urban development programs in the period after the revolution “from the beginning of the 1360s to the end of the 1390s”.

Methods: For this purpose, after detailed study of the text of the approvals in the mentioned time frame, with the interpretative-analytical approach and with the help of the qualitative content analysis method, the approvals related urban design were discussed and then the content related to the development plans was extracted. A city from legal point of view was examined in these 42 resolutions.

Findings: Paying attention to the texture and historical buildings with 24.68%, paying attention the existing historical background with 18.36%, tourism in urban areas with 16.58%, and recreation and leisure axes with 15.47% were the most topics. which have been considered from legal point of view. In the meantime, attention is given “view axis” with 0.98, “walking axis” with 1.88 and “cycling axis” with 1.88, attention to “height proportions”, “human scale” and less has been written from the legal point of view in the political issues of urban planning in Iran from the beginning of the 1360s to the end of the 1390s.

Conclusion: As result, despite the existence of hundreds of legal texts that have at least one article or clause related to planning and controlling the country’s physical development, this collection has not yet been able respond to the needs today’s physical development the country and relationship between the government and the people. Determine the relationship between people and the legal framework.

Keywords

Urban planning policies

Urban Development Plans

urban rights and laws

Urban planning approvals

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