Urban Planning
Kyoumars Habibi; Jahede Tekyehkhah; Mohammad Azad Ahmadi
Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 13-23
Abstract
Natural tourism planning is the first step in tourism approach natural resource management in which prone areas for recreational planning is zoned. Aimed to identify the different forms of tourism zoning in Abidar natural forest park in Sanandaj City, a systematic analysis method was used. We produced ...
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Natural tourism planning is the first step in tourism approach natural resource management in which prone areas for recreational planning is zoned. Aimed to identify the different forms of tourism zoning in Abidar natural forest park in Sanandaj City, a systematic analysis method was used. We produced a recreational potential map using systematic analysis model in GIS. The results of this evaluation indicated that the study area lacks first class concentrated recreation potentiality and the maximum surface area of the study area has been consisted of the second class potentiality. To evaluate the impact of factors affecting tourists, 450 questionnaires were distributed among the tourists. The survey results indicated that most tourists have selected the area because of the access to water resources. The buffer map of water resource was prepared to promote the systematic analysis model and to assess the effect of water resources on different recreation classes of the model and it was integrated into a recreational potentiality map of system model and the final map of the recreational potentiality was prepared. The evaluation results showed that 6% of the area has first class concentrated recreational potentiality, 28 percent of the area has second class concentrated recreational potentiality, 35 percent of the area has first class discrete recreational potentiality, and the rest 31% of the area has second class discrete recreational potentiality. Comparing two recreation potentiality maps showed hat in systematic analysis model, the region does not have first class concentrated recreation place. However, scoring the water resources factor made 6% of the region earn first class concentrated recreation potentiality. The results of this survey indicated that water resources, herbal coverage, accessibility ways, and physical factors (gradient and direction) have the most effect on the evaluation process of recreation potentiality in the region as they are mentioned in order of effectiveness. While the effective parameters in recreation potentiality evaluation in systematic analysis model are gradient, soil, direction, water, plant, and climate. Based on our findings, it was found that recreational activities expected in broad zones include things like walking, trekking, visiting landscapes and snow skating, etc., which do not need to deploy and service of recreational trails, except in designing walking routes in certain circumstances. But, in areas having concentrated recreation zone, activities such as camping, family picnics, etc., require suitable facilities for establishment of tourism.
Urban Ecology
Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 24-33
Abstract
Tehran has various environmental problems, which environmental pollution is one of the most important ones. There are numerous organizations responsible for the urban environment management and lack of coordinating and the discord among them is of the reasons for the emergence of the environmental problems ...
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Tehran has various environmental problems, which environmental pollution is one of the most important ones. There are numerous organizations responsible for the urban environment management and lack of coordinating and the discord among them is of the reasons for the emergence of the environmental problems of Tehran. In the present research, besides investigating the feasibility of giving urban environmental management to the municipality, It is tried some methods be presented for the integrated and unity of the urban environmental management. On this base with the use of grounded theory methodology, through the study of documents and interviews with authorities and experts in this affair, the Tehran environmental management issue has been discussed in the pattern of five management duties, including planning, organizing, leadership, control, and supplying of resources and the conditions, strategies, and resultant consequences of revealed phenomenon were presented in the pattern of a paradigmatic model. In this methodology, sampling was done in subjective and snowball manner, and coding method was used for analyzing results obtained. Our results showed that there is no possibility for comprehensive and complete assigning environment management to municipality. However, on the other hand, the abovementioned management duties can be assigned to municipality in a relative manner, and environmental management can be done in integrated cooperation with other related organizations. Moreover, it requires some capacities be made in three structural, lawful, and cultural scopes in municipality organization in order to make municipality able in doing assigned duties.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 34-43
Abstract
Supply of suitable housing depends on market conditions, demand rate for it and government policies for allocation of space and facilities. In the worldwide, housing is an important determinant of quality of life. This paper has studied different ways of housing supply by governments in the world such ...
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Supply of suitable housing depends on market conditions, demand rate for it and government policies for allocation of space and facilities. In the worldwide, housing is an important determinant of quality of life. This paper has studied different ways of housing supply by governments in the world such as rent control, selective and subsidy housing, public housing, site and services approach, demolition and renovation, and enabling. This article is an applied research and its methodology is descriptive – analytical. We used the national socioeconomic and cultural development plans and the statistical data of the related organizations and analyzed housing sector of Iran considering the quantitative and qualitative goals and macro strategies. Based on our results and findings, First Plan has considered density of household in housing unit but has not cared about the organizing of informal settlements, worn tissues and increasing of building density. The Second Plan was concerned with worn tissues, increase of density and its main problem was increasing the individual housing. The Third plan has given special attention to low-income groups and its main challenge was paying not enough attention to the relationship between public and private purposes. The Fourth Plan has considered organizing of worn tissues and low-income housing (Mehr housing) that was an effective step towards social justice and supply of housing for low-income households. Finally, the Fifth Plan was prepared with emphasis on the goals of the Fourth Plan, patterns of Iranian- Islamic, Mehr housing, organizing of worn tissues and informal settlements and sustainable development.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 44-49
Abstract
The paper tries to describe the role of municipal toll on house price in Mashhad City. The methodology adopted was analytical-descriptive to study the impact of municipality toll with emphasis on the effect of excess density franchising toll on house price. The study area is district 11 of Mashhad municipality ...
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The paper tries to describe the role of municipal toll on house price in Mashhad City. The methodology adopted was analytical-descriptive to study the impact of municipality toll with emphasis on the effect of excess density franchising toll on house price. The study area is district 11 of Mashhad municipality zones. The data required were gathered through literature survey, obtaining information from the district municipality, referring to websites and real estate centers, Mashhad City Urban Integrated System website, field works, and sampling. 250 samples were selected and analyzed using linear regression model through SPSS (Version 18). Our findings indicated that surplus density tax increases the price of new houses through increasing the cost of housing by 10 percent. Pearson correlation coefficient (r = 0.882) confirms that there is a positive and significant relation between price of new houses and surplus density tax. Therefore, it is proposed that the revenue system of municipality be based on stable financial resources. Moreover, it is necessary to reduce the tax on house construction and mutually the tax on house taking should be raised.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 50-57
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Developing of settlements, concentration of population, increasing of accepting the different functions and weakness of human and physical factors has increased the attention to the safety cultural components. In this regard, safety culture was governing the most important preventive measures at the ...
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Developing of settlements, concentration of population, increasing of accepting the different functions and weakness of human and physical factors has increased the attention to the safety cultural components. In this regard, safety culture was governing the most important preventive measures at the time of natural and human-made disasters. Lack of safety culture among the people, executives, and the administrative is of the fundamental problems in the crisis management plan in Iran. Social infrastructure to cope with a natural disaster has faced the effectiveness of the actions of government agencies with major challenges. Therefore, we should look the many of social groups as an opportunity and social capital. This descriptive study aimed to identify the effective components and their formulation in the safety of social environments. Communities' safety has increased their capability and capacity to deal with crises and provides the potential of the arrangements required and also provides their continuity and effectiveness. This paper answers the questions such as: what are the effective components in safety of social environments and whether there is a relationship between the education and improvement of the safety components in the social environments? In this survey, the statistical population was Rasht City with 384 samples (using Morgan Table) and we used cluster sampling. Our findings include formulation of the effective components in safeness of the social environments such as considering the effective components in developing objectives and policies in crisis management plans, participation, social capitals, suitability, social integration, and role of education in safety of local societies.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 58-67
Abstract
According to the world tourism organization, tourism industry is one of the most important economic activities around the world. Although world tourism industry has grown considerably compared with other industries, but nowadays it is faced different touristic region competition. The objective of this ...
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According to the world tourism organization, tourism industry is one of the most important economic activities around the world. Although world tourism industry has grown considerably compared with other industries, but nowadays it is faced different touristic region competition. The objective of this study was to evaluate the attractiveness and competitiveness of Mashhad Koohsangi Touristic Park using Tourism Destination Competitiveness and Attractiveness (TDCA) model. This park has many historical and cultural heritages, where many recreational facilities have been established recently. Data required were collected by means of filling questionnaire based on TDCA model. 241 tourists were randomly selected suring September 2009 as the sample population. Validity of data was confirmed by Chronbakh alpha value, which was 0.88. Data collected were analyzed based on the model using linear regression. Our findings shows that the area has suitable conditions from the viewpoint of attractiveness but it is faced with lack of competitiveness, which is the result of low attention to this issue in tourism planning in the area. It is obvious that authorities are not so free providing more attractive services to increase the competitiveness of site. They are faced to some limitations due to urban and residential situation of site. Therefore, at the moment in addition to the protection of existing attractiveness, applying incentive factors to increase competitiveness of area is the central requirement of tourism development planning in the area.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2012, , Pages 23-39
Abstract
Dealing with major challenges that many of the regions in Iran are faced with that, it is necessary to analyze the capacity of regional institutions and enforce their abilities. This article, therefore, tries to assess institutional capacity in the studied regions to demonstrate their institutional capacity. ...
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Dealing with major challenges that many of the regions in Iran are faced with that, it is necessary to analyze the capacity of regional institutions and enforce their abilities. This article, therefore, tries to assess institutional capacity in the studied regions to demonstrate their institutional capacity. The article, also, aims to respond to this fundamental question: what are the appropriate strategies to enforce institutional capacity in Boukan and Orumiyeh counties? In order to reach the above aim and also answer the posed question, the surveying method is used. The paper also applies the strategic planning framework to determine appropriate strategies to enforce institutional capacity in the studied regions. The results demonstrate low institutional capacity in Boukan (by the average 2.46 out of 5). The results also demonstrate medium institutional capacity in Orumiyeh (by the average 3.04 out of 5). The appropriate strategies also include creating legal mechanisms to improve the relationship between institutions, improving the circumstance and necessary and appropriate legal arrangements to improve the performance of institutions, providing the necessary circumstance to enhance the accordance of the national and provincial regulations with their regional counterparts, enhancing the role of technical committees, devoluting of the local affairs to local institutions, creating a legal context for cooperation of existing institutions in regional governing process, improving institutions’ access to knowledge and learning resources, paying attention to viewpoints and wills of local people, and enhancing the institutional abilities.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2012, , Pages 41-56
Abstract
Dealing with major challenges that many of the regions in Iran are faced with that, it is necessary to analyze the capacity of regional institutions and enforce their abilities. This article, therefore, tries to assess institutional capacity in the studied regions to demonstrate their institutional capacity. ...
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Dealing with major challenges that many of the regions in Iran are faced with that, it is necessary to analyze the capacity of regional institutions and enforce their abilities. This article, therefore, tries to assess institutional capacity in the studied regions to demonstrate their institutional capacity. The article, also, aims to respond to this fundamental question: what are the appropriate strategies to enforce institutional capacity in Boukan and Orumiyeh counties? In order to reach the above aim and also answer the posed question, the surveying method is used. The paper also applies the strategic planning framework to determine appropriate strategies to enforce institutional capacity in the studied regions. The results demonstrate low institutional capacity in Boukan (by the average 2.46 out of 5). The results also demonstrate medium institutional capacity in Orumiyeh (by the average 3.04 out of 5). The appropriate strategies also include creating legal mechanisms to improve the relationship between institutions, improving the circumstance and necessary and appropriate legal arrangements to improve the performance of institutions, providing the necessary circumstance to enhance the accordance of the national and provincial regulations with their regional counterparts, enhancing the role of technical committees, devolution of the local affairs to local institutions, creating a legal context for cooperation of existing institutions in regional governing process, improving institutions’ access to knowledge and learning resources, paying attention to viewpoints and wills of local people, and enhancing the institutional abilities.
Urban Ecology
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2012, , Pages 57-70
Abstract
Suitable land locating is one of the most important factors of housing production, since the multifaceted nature of this process is very complex. Using models and software in land locating facilitates decision making and helps in optimum site selection. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of the ...
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Suitable land locating is one of the most important factors of housing production, since the multifaceted nature of this process is very complex. Using models and software in land locating facilitates decision making and helps in optimum site selection. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of the main decision-making methods that works with giving weight to criteria. Using this method criteria and sub-criteria will be classified and finally the best alternative for locating will be selected. In this paper with the goal of facilitating the best land locating for residential space, using descriptive-analytical method, first we explain the process of the method, then the effective criteria in residential land locating will be introduced and the hierarchy tree of criteria will be drawn. The criteria has been set in questionnaire format and distributed between urban studies and housing Experts. The average weight of every criteria and sub-criteria in the way of binary comparisons has been calculated using Excel software. After Prioritization of criteria in AHP method, Realization of criteria Surveyed in 13 Masken-e-Mehr projects as a case study. The necessary information for locating in the questionnaire format has been extracted from Yazd urban organization and then data has been classified and analyzed and finally analytical matrix for locating residential project of Yazd has been drawn.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2012, , Pages 87-100
Abstract
A comprehensive planning of urban transportation to provide an urban necessity, that is commuting, is inevitable. In megacities, the complexity and the potential for disruption are greater; therefore, the urban transportation planning must be effectively managed. The most important transport problems ...
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A comprehensive planning of urban transportation to provide an urban necessity, that is commuting, is inevitable. In megacities, the complexity and the potential for disruption are greater; therefore, the urban transportation planning must be effectively managed. The most important transport problems are often related to urban areas and they take place when transport systems, for a variety of reasons, cannot satisfy the numerous requirements of urban mobility. Urban productivity is highly dependent on the efficiency of its transport system to move people, consumers and freight between numerous origins and destinations. In Iran, the history of new transportation systems is limited to the last 50 years and they were established decades after formation of modern urbanism. It is very important that the three factors of transportation, population and urban development perform their roles parallel to each other in communities. Cities in our country and in developed countries may have the same urban and transportation properties but we cannot always deal with their urban problems in the same way. In the past decades, Tehran, the capital of Iran and Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province have enjoyed a rapid growth in the number of vehicles, and daily journeys have been increasing rapidly. Moreover, most of the journeys and the commuting take place by private and semi-collective transportation and only a few passengers use public transportation. As a result, it is necessary to enhance the culture of using public transportation along with improving its quality. In this study, based on the past history of population and urban transportation of Iran and France as two developing and developed country respectively, urban transportation development in them has been compared. For this purpose, the capitals of Tehran and Paris, as two megacities and two cities of Sanandaj and Rennes in these countries with low population, geography and demographic characteristics have been chosen and studied. The results show that the urban population has increased much more rapidly in developing countries than in developed ones. Undesirable growth of private and semi-private transportation in developing countries has doubled the urban problems. In contrast, public transportation systems and urban railway systems, particularly, in Iran have grown very slowly or insignificantly compared to France. Given the circumstances, it seems, in the coming years, the urban transport system in most of the large, medium and small cities in Iran will have a difficult time for the citizens. In collective transportation systems of our country, we must achieve seven principal factors: higher capacity, higher speed, lower cost, lower energy consumption, using green energy, safety and comfort of passengers. The main feature of urban transport in our country is that direct employment is very high. So it is necessary to modify the current trend of development of transportation with proper investment and also by changing the traditional, cultural and employment patterns. Otherwise, the challenges of traffic, environmental pollution and indiscriminate use of fossil energy would endanger the healthy life of most urban areas.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2012, , Pages 101-112
Abstract
The rapid increase of motor vehicles and car ownership rates in urban areas has led to serious concerns such as increasing traffic congestion and air pollution. Public transport is an important solution for such problems. However, the current trend of passenger demand for bus shows a decreasing figure ...
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The rapid increase of motor vehicles and car ownership rates in urban areas has led to serious concerns such as increasing traffic congestion and air pollution. Public transport is an important solution for such problems. However, the current trend of passenger demand for bus shows a decreasing figure for bus market. Discovering such kind of problem is an important research issue. It seems that making public bus system more attractive and viable could increase the share of travelers choosing the bus as a sustainable mode of travel. This paper gives an attempt to survey a sample of passengers attending in all 11 bus transfer points throughout Shiraz Metropolitan area asking them to describe their satisfaction with current public bus system. The primary data was collected using a survey questionnaire. Then, several statistical analyses including correlation analysis, ordinal regression and test of parallel lines were applied to discover the factors affecting passenger satisfaction level. The following factors showed significant roles affecting passenger satisfaction: education level, car ownership, frequency of car use, bus headway and the frequency of bus usage. Furthermore, the analysis showed that frequent bus users were less satisfied with the current level of service confirming the necessity of improving the quality of the system.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 2 , June 2012, , Pages 7-21
Urban Planning
M.M. Azizi; M Bornafar
Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 9-22
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 13-22
Abstract
Considering tourists’ viewpoints and motives for traveling to a given tourism destination is very important in terms of its significance on tourism developmental planning and marketing. Influenced by their motives, tourists have different expectations of travel products; so their motives are very ...
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Considering tourists’ viewpoints and motives for traveling to a given tourism destination is very important in terms of its significance on tourism developmental planning and marketing. Influenced by their motives, tourists have different expectations of travel products; so their motives are very significant in determining developmental strategies and also in making the planners and policy makers aware of the major tourism destinations and their characteristics. Accordingly, the present study aimed to identify the tourists’ motives in order to attain a suitable pattern for marketing and providing developmental strategies for the products in Mahallat, Iran. With respect to the importance of effective factors in tourists’ motives, the impact of gender and income were considered. To test the hypothesis, the results of 185 questionnaires were analyzed through factor analysis, t-test, and ANOVA. The results of the analyses indicated that tourists’ motives can be classified into four categories - that accounted for 58.1% of the total variance. Examining the presumed concepts of the first factor (tranquility-recreation) by 15.8% of the total variance suggested tourists’ inclination for spiritual peace, being away from the worries of work and life, visiting the family and friends, enjoying the hobbies and exciting entertainments and the weather in Mahallat. Therefore, with these factors in mind, planning tourism activities must be based on the development of entertainment facilities. The second factor is the "ecotourism" accounted for 15.54% of the total variance. In this case, the tourists’ inclination to use the recreational space of Sarcheshmeh Park was to see and enjoy the natural scenery, visiting the flowers and plants, and having fun. In brief, these two factors represent a perspective of the attitudes of the respondents that is the most common one among them. In other words, most tourists visit Mahallat with recreation and ecotourism motives. In this regard, the infrastructure and facilities planning activities should focus more on these two motives. The third and fourth factors presumed as "historic - investigatory" and "pilgrimage - culture" respectively, accounted for 13.86% and 12.88% of the total variance. The mean of tourists’ viewpoints in response to the items related to the above mentioned factors revealed the importance of more consideration and planning in relevant areas with these motives. Among these, peace-recreation factor won the highest percentage of variance. Hypothesis test results also indicated significant difference between income and tourist motivation. Regarding to the fact that Mahallat has numerous ancient historical works and arts related to various historical periods, it needs the development of required tourism infrastructure.
Urban Planning
Alireza Mohammadi; Mozafar Sarafi; Jamileh Tavakoli Nia
Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 23-39
Abstract
This paper begins with definition and classification of Advanced producer services (APS), continuing from a geographical point of view, emphasizes on spatial behavior of APS within Tehran Municipality regions. To determine the meta-national placement of Tehran metropolis within the world cities network, ...
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This paper begins with definition and classification of Advanced producer services (APS), continuing from a geographical point of view, emphasizes on spatial behavior of APS within Tehran Municipality regions. To determine the meta-national placement of Tehran metropolis within the world cities network, the corporate geography of APS analyzes Tehran consisted of 22 municipal areas. The analysis of data collected from 200 firms out of 2000, including questionnaire, interviews and published documents reveal the following findings: First, Tehran is a national command and control center of APS sector in Iran. Second; Tehran has a very weak status in connection with World Cities Network by means of APS functions and it is not a world city yet. Finally, from the spatial organization point of view, APS has formed a new geography of corporate economy-based during the last two decadesin Tehran (i.e., 'Tehran Corporate Services District'), which is different from the conventional CBD of the city.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 23-40
Abstract
The idea of "Urban Village" as a strategy to achieve sustainability, in settlements with various conditions and with different social and economic incentives, used as a solution for urban and rural sustainable development and its success in many instances has demonstrated its universality. This ...
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The idea of "Urban Village" as a strategy to achieve sustainability, in settlements with various conditions and with different social and economic incentives, used as a solution for urban and rural sustainable development and its success in many instances has demonstrated its universality. This idea was introduced as a strategy to achieve sustainable development in England. It aims to create an environment with a various functions, self-sufficient, with priority to public transport, walking and, with public spaces and attractive for encouraging local community development and public participation. In this article, we investigated and evaluated the design principles in urban villages through library research. In the experiments with this idea, after the introduction of the overall project and its history, key directions and strategies used in each, particularly of the aspects of architecture and urban design, access and paths, suggested functions, the type of buildings and, and strategies used to promote sustainability and reduce energy consumption were suggested. The sample criteria were based on being comprehensive principles and guidelines presented in each case, was in relation to urban design and architecture and the principles of sustainability. Creating sustainable development of rural settlements with the use of urban village approach, will be a solution to the existing problems and controlling the context of rural development. This research attempted to use the theoretical, explaining the concept of the urban village and urban areas of successful experiences related to the topic of the local conditions in a village case (Agh Evlar Village from Talesh County), to provide suggestions for the development of control strategies and access to the uncoordinated construction of rural settlements. Applying the principles of this approach, to suit the needs of each region and the implementation of local residents were generalized. It can be said that as a fundamental subject, any rural housing policy and planning in the country can be successful if efforts and planning with architectural features of the rural and ethnic traditions, cultural and geographical diversity in different regions of the country is coincident. Moreover, in the housing, neglecting other aspects of the quality of it such as: environmental aspects, health facilities, light, construction technique, visual qualities, local and regional identities, is a main weakness of the rural housing program. Contemplate the local architectural patterns and reliance on local knowledge and facilities can be a good base for design and implementation.
Urban Planning
Naser Barakpur; Farnaz Mosannenzadeh
Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 41-60
Abstract
Nowadays, one of the governmental challenges throughout the world is energy efficiency in creating cities. In this context, land use planning and its tool (density, uses distribution, etc.) plays a vital role in reducing energy consumption in cities. Serving as one of the key players in the field of ...
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Nowadays, one of the governmental challenges throughout the world is energy efficiency in creating cities. In this context, land use planning and its tool (density, uses distribution, etc.) plays a vital role in reducing energy consumption in cities. Serving as one of the key players in the field of energy in the world, Iran has to apply this tool in order to establish energy efficiency in its cities. The main objective of this paper is to study and to compare the method of integrating energy consideration in land use planning regulations and urban development plans in Iran and U.K. It is a comparative study in which, first, the land use planning alternatives for energy consumption reduction in cities were explored through literature review. Thereafter, an analytical comparing between Iran and U.K. with reference to the legal framework of land use planning for reducing energy consumption in cities and the way of implementing these regulations in the development plans was carried out. Our results revealed that the land use planning role in reducing energy consumption in cities has been ignored, whereas, integrating energy consideration in land use planning can enhance the sustainability development of the Iran cities. Since there is no data on considering energy in land use planning in Iran cities, our findings can be used by the national planning public and governmental authorities in order to integrate the energy consideration in land use planning and urban development plans.
Urban Planning
Hamed Ghadermazy
Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 61-76
Abstract
One of the most important results of accelerative urbanization is the spatial expansion of the city and gobble of their surrounding areas, swelling villages, and agricultural lands, which is noticeable in regional metropolitan. Sanandaj City as a regional metropolitan has experienced a rapid growth in ...
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One of the most important results of accelerative urbanization is the spatial expansion of the city and gobble of their surrounding areas, swelling villages, and agricultural lands, which is noticeable in regional metropolitan. Sanandaj City as a regional metropolitan has experienced a rapid growth in both population and plan during the recent three decades. Continuous sprawl in this city has merged eight villages including their agricultural lands, gardens, and pastures in the city. Moreover, discontinuous sprawl in this city has caused to protuberance population and extending of surrounding villages. The outcome of this process was extensive changes in Land use in those villages. The period of this study is 1976-2008, the statistical population includes 11 Surrounding villages of the Sanandaj City and Sample size is 315 households. The methodology of our research is based on extensive documentary and field study including household questionnaires, and identifying past and present land use. Our findings show extensive changes in land use of the villages studied. During 1976-2008, on annually averaging basis 104 ha and totally 3319 ha of the arable, garden and pastures of the villages studied have been converted to the other land uses. The abovementioned changes were made by different factors and agents of the Sanandaj city including discontinuous spatial expansion.
Urban Planning
Volume 1, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 55-68
Abstract
Human beings are rooted in nature, and when we travel in greenery areas, we become more aware of this connection. As we are more immersed in nature, we become more relaxed and comfortable and likely to make generous decisions. But rapidly growing urban population and changing patterns of work and live ...
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Human beings are rooted in nature, and when we travel in greenery areas, we become more aware of this connection. As we are more immersed in nature, we become more relaxed and comfortable and likely to make generous decisions. But rapidly growing urban population and changing patterns of work and live have increasingly removed our societies from the natural world and allowed ourselves to be encapsulated in an artificial environment. This created a widening gap between people and natural settings in modern era. For this reason, urban greenery areas, in addition to the aesthetic values, can make a significant contribution to well-being, health and also improve the quality of life by providing a setting for people gathering and social life interaction. Urban parks, as part of urban greenery areas and open public spaces, can generate tremendous values by providing open space and recreational opportunities. In this regard, it further contributes to larger urban policy objectives, such as job opportunities, youth development, public health, and community building. Apart from this, urban parks in developing countries are generally facing great problems due to the poor urban management, rapidly urban growth which is almost geared towards the automobile and resource crunch for the maintenance of existing parks/gardens and for the creation of new ones. Considering these, Deedgah recreational complex (Mellat Park) located along Pasdaran Boulevard, as the main north-south corridor in Sanandaj and gateway to Kermanshah, has been selected as case study of the research. Due to its location, function and long historical background, it gained a symbolic identity in the collective memory of the people. In recent years, its social life of the park is threatening due to some improper management practices concerning two underpass bridges have been built to ease traffic congestion. To reach the main aim defined as the title of research, a kind of descriptive-analytical method has been used regarding the results of literature review and field survey conducted in autumn 2011. For more information regarding the users’ view, the questionnaire and interview with experts has been used. To evaluate the existing conditions and for strategies and prioritizing them, SWOT and AHP as a decision-making methods has been used regarding certain spatial elements. The results show that Viability, Environmental health and Permeability respectively fall into the high-priority strategies for maximizing Deedgah recreational park function. This means that the proposed action plans should be more in line with the prioritized strategies.
Urban Planning
Esmaeill Shieh; Mohammad Anampour
Volume 1, Issue 1 , March 2012, , Pages 109-127
