Conservation and Rehabilitation of Darband River-Valley Landscape Based on the Behavioral Pattern of Uses

Intra-city natural structures have always had a key role in creating sustainable urban green spaces; natural structures such as river-valleys, hillsides, lakes and forests, guarantee the endurance, Sustainability and longevity of the natural quality of city. On the other hand, they are considered as tourism targets, which also make them vulnerable for tourism damages. In Tehran, the river-valleys have been the target of recreational activities for ages, according to their desirable climate and abundance of running water. Darband river- valley is one of the natural treasures of Tehran, which has been damaged according to the city growth and the ignorance of its environmental, historical and functional values.Therefore, the present paper aims to identify the typical behavioral characters of tourists in Darband river-valley and to study design solutions to decrease the damages caused by their incompatible behaviors to the nature. Darband River originates from Tochal Mountain, where Osun River meets Abshar Dogholu and makes Darband River. It is 4723 meters long and the valley has a desirable climate all over the year.Every-day life sociology or Ethnographical methodology is studying human behaviors and their relationship with surrounding environment. Behaviors refer to all physical observable moves, or an activity which connects human beings with the environment. In other words, behavior is a response to a motivation from the environment in a given situation.This methodology concentrates on simple activities Which occur during the day, in different places such as walking individually or in group of friends or family, looking around, talking, shopping, etc.Observation is one of the common methods of behavioral studies. In this research, users’ behaviors have been observed by taking pictures of people all along the river-valley path (Figure 1).