Analysis of compliance with the criteria of the Iranian-Islamic city model in the studied strategic urban development plan (Strategic Development Plan of Sahand City)
Journal Title: Urban Strategic Thought - Year 2024, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Cities are among the most obvious manifestations of human culture, which express many of the mental components affected from it by showing objective and perceptible spaces. In addition to this type of communication, urban spaces are culture-creating environments that can be effective in the formation of the infrastructural and mental system of society. Islamic cities are not exempt from this rule. There is a special relationship between Islam and urban life, and the promotion of Islam has been manifested with the development of urban life. Considering the different views that exist in Islamic-Iranian city planning, patterns can be identified in the creation of new cities. The new city of Sahand was formed as the study area of the current research for the excess population of Tabriz city. Due to the vertical or horizontal rule over Tabriz and the resulting problems, the new city of Sahand is located at a distance of 20 kilometers southwest of Tabriz. In the 90s and ‘00s, the criteria of an Iranian-Islamic city were mostly seen in Tabriz. In the ‘10s, due to the influence of the modern urban planning model in the West, the population has exceeded towards the city of Sahand. The main problem of the research is to examine the criteria of the Iranian-Islamic city in the strategic development plan of the city of Sahand. The main issue is to examine the criteria that have caused the failure of the Islamic Iranian city model in this city. The Purpose of the Research: This research is an applied research and descriptive-analytical research in terms of method. The analyzed data was obtained from the survey and the statistical sample consisted of 80 experts in the field of urban planning in Sahand, and the distribution of the sample was in the form of a random cluster. The data were collected based on library method and the data collection tool is a questionnaire. TOPSIS model has been used to analyze the criteria of Iranian-Islamic city model. Methodology: The analysis of the criteria of the Iranian-Islamic city model in the strategic development plan of the city of Sahand, using the TOPSIS technique, shows that among the evaluated criteria, the construction of houses and residential use based on the Islamic city model has taken the first place with a score of (0.967) and in second place is the influence of climatic conditions on buildings and structures in the form of diverse uses with a score of (0.914). The mosque, as the central spatial core of every Islamic city, has been able to occupy the third place with a score equal to (0.487). Therefore, the criteria of the Iranian-Islamic city model in new cities are mentioned with these three criteria. Other criteria have been assigned a lower rank. Findings and Discussion: The city of Sahand has been considered as one of the best new cities in Iran due to its good patterns of urban planning and proper location, this has been done without considering the environmental qualities and urban design in terms of the standards of an Islamic-Iranian city through the construction and development of Sahand. Based on experts' scores from the extracted criteria and their analysis from TOPSIS model, the prioritized criteria have not been applied through the design of Sahand new city. In other words, its central planning approaches, blindly imitating western planning and avoiding the social-cultural and qualitative aspects of design have caused the city of Sahand to lack the least respect for the principles and components of an Islamic-Iranian city. Conclusion: The main focus of the research is the examination of the Iranian-Islamic city criteria through strategic development plan of Sahand city. The main issue is to examine the criteria that have caused the failure of the Islamic Iranian city model in this city. The extracted criteria were analyzed in all the mentioned dimensions in TOPSIS model. The results of the findings show that the construction of houses and residential use based on the model of the Islamic city has been assigned the first rank. The influence of climatic conditions on constructions in the form of various uses has been ranked second and the mosque as the central spatial core of any Islamic city is ranked third.
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Mohammad Reza Farzad Behtash, Marzieh Amini
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- EP ID EP742660
- DOI 10.30479/ust.2023.18426.1114
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