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Codification of procedural concepts of urban design process and study of their application in Iranian urban design projects
Seyyedali Nouri *
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran., Department of architecture, north Tehran branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. , sa_nouri@iau-tnb.ac.ir
Abstract:  
Cities today face complex problems that the current urban design process is unable to address; Hence, many urban designers are looking for knowledge that can guide them in how to navigate the process, and legitimize the product of the urban design process. Therefore, The purpose of this study is to identify the concepts affecting the substantial and procedural evolution of the urban design process and to evaluate the application of these concepts in Iranian urban design projects. So by referring to the procedural theories, the basic concepts are extracted in the conceptual framework. This framework in addition to explaining all the practical concepts that guide the process describes how these concepts are applied in stages of the urban design process. In this way, obscure and sometimes abstract concepts are applied practically. Also, it allows the evaluation and analysis of the urban design process of Iranian projects using the directional qualitative content analysis method in the next step. The evaluation results show that, respectively, the concepts of public interest, power relations, and public participation are the lowest, and the concepts of multilevel intervention, contextualism, problem orientation, and flexibility, have the highest application rate in Iran's urban development projects. These results represent the prevailing strategic approach, at both theoretical and practical levels, in Iran’s urban design discourse.
 
Keywords: procedural theory, urban design process, evaluation, qualitative content analysis, Iranian urban design projects.
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Type of Study: Research Paper | Subject: Urban Design
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