Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran

Habibi, Rana

doi:10.1163/9789004443709

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“…Among the ten identified neighbourhoods, four areas represented gridiron urban layout, residential use and row apartment typology. Lastly, a formal population density classification [89] was used which categorise Tehran's neighbourhoods into five classifications, from very low to very high gross population density: very low (1-70 pph); low (70-130 pph); medium (130-200 pph); high (200-300 pph); and very high (300-400 pph). All the four neighbourhoods fell into the 'high' and 'very high' categories.…”

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The Interplay between Urban Densification and Place Change in Tehran; Implications for Place-Based Social Sustainability

Dianati

2021

Sustainability

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Recent scholarship on urban social sustainability has redirected its attention to the role of place-based theories and practices in achieving and sustaining social outcomes. The notion of place and its centrality in everyday life of urban citizens could be used as an anchor point to study urbanisation processes and rapid urban changes. This paper employs a place-based framework of urban social sustainability in parallel to a framework of ‘place transformation’ to examine the consequences of soft densification on place attachment at the neighbourhood level in Tehran, Iran. Through analysing sixteen semi-structured interviews with residents, this paper argues that the temporal element of soft densification makes it a place undermining process, eradicating individual and collective place memory through resetting the time of the place. Moreover, the findings highlighted parallel trajectories in the meanings associated to place by residents which underscore the contradiction between ‘lived space’ and ‘conceived space’. Furthermore, it was found that loss of place attachment due to urban densification commonly leads to passive modes of response such changing lifestyle and daily routines, and voluntary relocating to adapt to the new socio-spatial order.

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Section: Research Context and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Interplay between Urban Densification and Place Change in Tehran; Implications for Place-Based Social Sustainability

Dianati

2021

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“…In medieval European cities, for example, the main elements of the city were the walls, towers and gates, the streets and the transit network, the market space, buildings and private gardens (Morris, 1994). In this regard, some have described the urban fabric in historical Iranian cities by three constituting elements: Rabaz (The outer city), Sharestan (the inner city) and the Kohandej (the old citadel or castle), which consequently formed the physical and social structure of neighborhoods (Habibi, 2014).…”

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“…From 4th to the end of 6th Century A.H. (about 10th to 12th century A.D) is the golden age of science and culture in Iran after Islam (Memarian, 2013;Habibi, 2014). Most of its achievements originated in the cultural domain of the Great Khorasan from northeast and continued to the central Iran region.…”

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The effect of the Mongol invasion on the townscape of Iranian cities

Khademzade

Tasdiqi

Mottaki

et al. 2021

JCHMSD

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PurposeThe Mongol invasion caused widespread destruction in many cities; this research studies the destruction course of cities after the Mongol invasion and their reconstruction during the reform period, the change that it brought to the cityscapes of Iranian cities and the difference between the urbanscape of the cities that flourished or were re-established after these destructions with the cities prior to them.Design/methodology/approachThe method of research used is historical interpretation/analysis. The historical texts of pre-Mongolian Persia and texts from the Ilkhanid era are studied, references to the shapes and appearances of Iranian cityscapes are classified, and with the help of contemporary interpretations and existing physical evidence, the urbanscape of these two periods are redrawn and compared to each other.FindingsThe selection of scenic meadows to build the city, the presence of many gardens in the urban patterns and the construction of satellite towns around large cities have been the effects of the Mongol tradition of (Yurt) tent-dwelling on Iranian cities during the reforms. The declining population and the massive migration of artists together with the rethinking of the rulers made the existence of dense cities with multi-storey houses less likely. The tradition of pre-designing the city and buildings and designing open and right-angled pathways continued after the Mongol invasion.Originality/valueThe prevailing belief is that during the Mongol era, only the destruction of cities took place and the Mongols did not create any cities and had no influence on urban development. This research aims to challenge that.

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“…These developments can be easily distinguished because of their geometric designs and spatial arrangements (Kheirabadi, 1991). In addition, these changes caused the old socio-economic centre of the city to move and consolidate with the new political centre due to the authoritative power of the king (Habibi, 1996). Although the prosperity of Shiraz was seriously interrupted by the decline of Zand dynasty (1794) and Tehran took the place of Shiraz as the capital, Shiraz remained one of the most important provincial cities.…”

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Heritage management and urban development in Iran, case study of Shiraz

Kermani

2020

JCHMSD

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PurposeLarge-scale interventions are still the dominant approach in dealing with historic cities in Iran; however, during the last decade there has been a shift towards integrated and decentralised policies and a series of locally based projects were initiated across the country. Political and ideological forces, population growth as well as cultural and heritage consensus are influencing approaches towards urban conservation and heritage management constantly. This paper opens up the urban intervention approaches in the historic core of Shiraz and provides a deeper insight and better understanding of heritage management and regeneration plans in Shiraz as a representative of historic Iranian cities.Design/methodology/approachThe study explains and analyses major urban transformations in Shiraz. The main approaches towards historical city core are identified and the mechanism that shaped these approaches in national and local scale is discussed. This investigation primarily uses qualitative data sources. The study relies on multiple sources of evidence which result in the reliability and validity of the investigation. Therefore, primary sources include original documents, maps and photographs published in documentation for the projects, published and unpublished materials and archives about case study city and secondary sources such as interviews with consultants and authorities as well as residents have been used.FindingsThis paper provides a more detailed explanation about several interrelated factors that affected the process of decision and policy making, planning and implementation of city centre interventions during the last two decades.Originality/valueThis paper anticipates consequent trends in heritage management in Shiraz and recommends further research areas. The paper can be used to develop a more practical set of recommendations for urban heritage management in Iran.

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Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

The Interplay between Urban Densification and Place Change in Tehran; Implications for Place-Based Social Sustainability

The Interplay between Urban Densification and Place Change in Tehran; Implications for Place-Based Social Sustainability

The effect of the Mongol invasion on the townscape of Iranian cities

Heritage management and urban development in Iran, case study of Shiraz

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