Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Department of Educational Sciences/Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences/Yazd University/Yazd/Iran
2 Department of Urbanism . Faculty of Art and Architecture. Yazd University. Yazd. Iran
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to propose a comprehensive theoretical model using the Grounded Theory method to ascertain the factors affecting the residence-weakening process of Yazd city's historical fabric during the last four decades.
Design: The research resulted in highlighting both the process model and the storyline of this phenomenon, indicating the weakening agent of social life and behavioral systems in the historical fabric of Yazd as the central and core phenomenon in the model. The causal conditions included a lack of participatory management, the absence of social mixing and diversity, the worsening socioeconomic balance of the fabric, the government's inattention to the successful experiences of other countries in reviving settlement, dwindling government support measures, and the incompatibility of the predominant housing pattern with the changing needs of today’s urban life.
Findings: The emergence of the core phenomenon has led to three interconnected strategies, including reduced investment in housing, business recession in the urban fabric, and waste of accumulated social capital. However, the combination of these factors has gradually produced consequences such as the reduction of social status, the weakening of authenticity, and the erosion of sense of belonging, security, and identity in the fabric, eventually leading to the continuous outflow of a part of the population from the historical districts.
Originality: The time has come for urban planners and policymakers to pay serious attention to the social dimension of regeneration. The development of tourism and the protection of valuable buildings is not the ultimate goal of regeneration but should be transformed into a cohesive tool for sustainable social development, the revival of neighborhood vitality, and facilitating the long-term settlement of residents in the historical fabric.
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