Mahmood Jomehpour
Abstract
It seems that we are not in harmony with the changes of the Tehran metropolis as the capital city of Iran. We often encounter what Cowell and Owens call an implementation deficit. The pursuit of methods that are obviously ineffective and futile, or as Barbara Tuchman calls it, wooden-headedness, the ...
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It seems that we are not in harmony with the changes of the Tehran metropolis as the capital city of Iran. We often encounter what Cowell and Owens call an implementation deficit. The pursuit of methods that are obviously ineffective and futile, or as Barbara Tuchman calls it, wooden-headedness, the inability to escape the dominant structural and institutional algebra. This structural and institutional algebra indicates a change in attitude and paradigm in this regard. Instead of focusing on Tehran's formation as a process and turning it into an issue, we deal with it as a project. While many factors turn Tehran into a problematic metropolis, it still continues to work. We need to do a reverse engineering of the process that has led to the creation of Tehran over two centuries. There is a need for fundamental change in the outlook towards customary processes and procedures, with a holistic, systemic, process-based, and far-sighted approach. A comprehensive, integrated, and systemic approach instead of a reductionist and abstract attitude; looking into the future rather than the present; a process-based approach instead of a project-based one; a program-centered look instead of a routine one. These are all solutions to Tehran's problem and the organization of the capital issue. The results of the analysis emphasize an integrated and systematic strategy of management in the framework of regional and transregional connections. They also focus on an ecologic attitude toward expanding the metropolis and creating balance between the natural and man-made environments.
Mahmoud Jomehpour; Seyyede Shabnaz Ettehad; Farshad Nourian
Abstract
The ecological city approach is one emerging of area, which has provided different perspectives on cities in terms of environmental and social dimensions. This approach is considered to provide a comprehensive and integrated way of achieving the sustainability goals with a focus on the environment, the ...
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The ecological city approach is one emerging of area, which has provided different perspectives on cities in terms of environmental and social dimensions. This approach is considered to provide a comprehensive and integrated way of achieving the sustainability goals with a focus on the environment, the economic development, and social justice. Such a city is supposed to be coherent with and in line with the natural order and tune. Since Bojnourd has a significant natural context, it is a good case for study and use of the ecological city approach. A number of rivers and underground reservoirs have provided for a variety of local vegetation. The present study aimed to provide a suitable model for the future development of Bojnourd based on the aforementioned approach. The method used here is descriptive-analytic and explorative. Our focus has been on future studies, and we have attempted to discover the driving forces and the uncertainties in order to present a number of scenarios for the future of Bojnourd. In the GBN method, we had to contemplate on at least three uncertainties. We have used the Delphi interview method to gain a more comprehensive knowledge of the basic issues of Bojnourd. Then, using scenario planning, three key factors including systematic and controlled urban development, environmental protection, efficient public transport, and intelligent and efficient use and consumption of energy, and development of a smart city based on utilization of information and communication technology were shown major factors influencing the future of the city.
