Toward a Framework for Conceptualizing Public Interest in Spatial Planning

Somayeh Zandieh; Mozafar Sarrafi

Volume 7, Issue 22 , October 2022, Pages 1-43

https://doi.org/10.22054/urdp.2022.69943.1475

Abstract
  Public interest has always been a controversial concept in spatial planning theories. The controversies over the concept imply a critical disagreement on what public interest is and if it exists at all. These have led to the development of multiple theories, challenging the legitimacy of planning. This ...  Read More

Comparative Study of Crime Spatial Patterns in Urban and Pre-Urban Areas by Applying Meta-Synthesis

Gholamreza Kazemian; Jamshid Akbari

Volume 7, Issue 22 , October 2022, Pages 45-86

https://doi.org/10.22054/urdp.2022.60525.1322

Abstract
  The change in spatial development patterns from agriculture life into industry and then, service sector, and in response, changes in spatial paradigms of settlement and development, has led to concentration of population and resources of development in cities and mega cities. This concentration is followed ...  Read More

Examining the Effects of COVID-19 on the Usage of Public Transportation (Case Study: Tehran)

Khashayar Khavarian; Malihe Ghorbani; Fatemeh Kazemi; Mina Mirmasoumi; Shahabodin Kermanshahi

Volume 7, Issue 22 , October 2022, Pages 87-106

https://doi.org/10.22054/urdp.2022.68775.1459

Abstract
  With the spread of COVID-19 in the world, various measures were applied to reduce the number of fatalities. Reducing daily travel and avoiding crowded places were two important advices to limit the spread which decreased transit use. By shifting some work trips from transit and encouraging residents ...  Read More

Developing a Theoretical Foundation and Proposing a Conceptual Framework for Iran's National Urban Planning Regulations

Mohammad Ali Jalalinasab; Hosein Zabihi; Mahyar Ardeshiri

Volume 7, Issue 22 , October 2022, Pages 107-137

https://doi.org/10.22054/urdp.2022.62759.1368

Abstract
  Urban planning regulations are the main government’s tools to directing cities in the desired path of development. In Iran, the main part of these regulations are scattered regulations related to urban comprehensive and detailed plans or "Particular Urban Planning Regulations". The lack of a framework ...  Read More

The Position of Islamic Fiqh and Ethics and Citizenship Rights in Urban Development Projects (Case Study: Tabriz Atigh Project)

Asghar Molaei; Hamid Ghaffari

Volume 7, Issue 22 , October 2022, Pages 139-174

https://doi.org/10.22054/urdp.2022.66263.1410

Abstract
  Every urban development project that is implemented, regardless of its subject, will have effects and consequences. Since these projects are implemented in the context of Iranian-Islamic cities, the rules and norms related to the culture of these cities must be observed in the implementation of these ...  Read More

Identifying the Strategic Drivers Affecting Poverty to Empower the Inefficient Oil Contexts of Abadan City (Iran) with a Foresight Approach in the Horizon 2041 (H2041) (1420-Solar Year)

Shilan Heydarmanesh; Hamid Saberi; Mehri Azani; Amir Gandomkar

Volume 7, Issue 22 , October 2022, Pages 175-211

https://doi.org/10.22054/urdp.2022.67037.1425

Abstract
  The reduction of urban poverty in Abadan city will not be realized without the approach of empowerment and recognition of opportunities and threats of this path in the future. The purpose of this research is to identify the strategic drivers for basic planning to empower the poor residents of the inefficient ...  Read More