View No. 10 (2016): Developing a Framework for Qualitative Evaluation of Urban Interventions in Iranian Historical Cores

Azadeh Arjomand Kermani

212 pages

ISBN 978-94-6186-684-4

Published: 2025-03-08

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  • Iranian historic city cores are important parts of modern cities because of their valuable monuments and morphology but are also significant because of their population density, location and the major governmental functions they house. Since 1920, modernisation policies and urban development trends in Iran have justified spatial transformation and redevelopment and the demolition and destruction of traditional urban fabrics as a way to provide contemporary requirements and hygiene...