Fatemeh Sheikhzadeh; Jamileh Tavakolinia; Mohsen Shaterian
Abstract
The Iranian-Islamic city, like many cities in the world, has undergone adverse changes in dealing with modernity, including urban sprawl and its effects. At the end of the 20th century, intensive urban growth was proposed as an alternative development model to dispersion, which is also one of the proposed ...
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The Iranian-Islamic city, like many cities in the world, has undergone adverse changes in dealing with modernity, including urban sprawl and its effects. At the end of the 20th century, intensive urban growth was proposed as an alternative development model to dispersion, which is also one of the proposed strategies to improve the livability of cities. This research aims to identify and compare the components of the Iranian-Islamic city growth pattern in the past and contemporary period with the compact growth pattern of the city. So that its components can be used to increase the livability of Kashan city. The research data were collected using library and documentary studies and analyzed by content analysis method with inductive approach using Atlas.Ti qualitative analysis software. The findings show that the researchers believe that high density components, mixed use, encouraging walking and cycling, efficient public transportation, and the regeneration and revitalization of urban centers play a more colorful role in creating a compact city. In old Kashan, 24 of the 26 components examined (having a clear border, more social interaction, mixed society, preservation of agricultural land, mixed use, amenities and public facilities with appropriate productivity, encouraging walking and high density) are in accordance with the characteristics of the city's dense growth. Also, the analysis of the findings shows the contrast between the modern city of Kashan and the old Kashan in terms of growth pattern, except for some cases related to the old context.
Hasan Hekmatnia
Abstract
The growth and development of urbanization has a major impact on the supply of land for construction and urban development in urban areas. Widespread use of urban land for residential use has led to the horizontal expansion of cities and the increase in vacant land within cities, which has rapidly expanded ...
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The growth and development of urbanization has a major impact on the supply of land for construction and urban development in urban areas. Widespread use of urban land for residential use has led to the horizontal expansion of cities and the increase in vacant land within cities, which has rapidly expanded the suburbs. In this regard, the paradigm of intensive urban development, smart growth and the use of vacant land within the city to achieve social and spatial stability and equity are presented. The present article aims to explain how the city of Yazd as a desert and arid city is compactly and extensively developed using the concept of urban density. According to the surveys carried out during the years 1966-2016, the area of Yazd city has increased by about 19.5 times and its population has increased by 6.5 times. During these years, the sharp decrease in gross population density and its significant gap with net population density (154.6) indicate that the city is over-stretched and more spaces are left vacant and inactive in Yazd. An examination of the components of development in Yazd shows that if there is no growth in the outer and surrounding areas in the coming years, all future growth and physical expansion of the city will be limited to the use of vacant land. Within the next 25 years, Yazd will not need to increase its area, and the existing area of the city will meet the residential and non-residential needs of its citizens.
