Recognition of Urbanscape Identity Components in Iranian Islamic Cities - The case of Tehran

Document Type : Analytic Review

Authors
S. Donboli 1
H. Kalantari Khalilabad 2
A. Aghasafari 3
1 Institute of Culture, Art and Architecture, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran
2 Architecture and Landscape Department, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran
3 City and Regional Planning Department, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Identification debate is one of the significant issues in Iranian cities. The lack of attention to identifying factors in the cities of Iran especially in Tehran creates environments without solidarity and social engagement. This paper tries to analyze the different identity aspects of Islamic Iranian cities based on three general concepts of urban identity, Islamic urban planning and urbanscape.

Also, stating the position (Identity), meaning, and form of the Islamic Iranian cities with recognizing and ranking the components which have been created and strengthened the physical identity of urbanscape have been used. This research is a fundamental-applied research. In order to achieve the research goals, in the first step, the theoretical foundations of the subject were examined through referring to the books and articles. In the next section, the bodies of physical identity of the city of Iran were studied based on the theoretical framework of the research. These criteria were evaluated and prioritized by twenty experts in urban planning based on Hierarchical Analyzer Technique (AHP) and by expert selection analyzer. The results of this research show that identity component with 0.540 points had the highest score and the criteria of sense of place, sense of security and principles of architectural elements were respectively 0.329, 0.239, 0.283.

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Naqshejahan- Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning
Volume 8, Issue 4 - Serial Number 24
Winter 2019
Pages 223-230