فهرست مطالب آذین علی پورتبریزی

Human, as the product of the village, is the main determinant of the formation of a place and the future development path. Among the significant concerns regarding the villages of Kuhdasht County is the extensive migration of natives. Therefore, in line with addressing the overarching theme of "the role of place in the process of rural development," the problem of this research is posed as "How is the development place in the daily life of villages in the Kuhdasht region?" Indeed, based on the assumption that "place connects human and village through mutual care pathways," the "village" is introduced as the "development place," providing a space for the daily life of human and village to achieve the "achievements" resulting from confronting unique and continuously complex hardships in the form of space. The research aims to elucidate a comprehensive model of the development place in the daily life of villages by addressing the two questions, "How is the built landscape of the village in the Kuhdasht region?" and "How is the lived landscape of the village in the Kuhdasht region?" To achieve compatibility in the "common perceived reality" of the two research questions, there is a need to compare two parallel semantic domains. This means that "descriptions of the region that are the result of observation (present)" are accounted for through thematic analysis, and "descriptions of the region that are the result of lifeworld experiences (non-present)" are accounted for through the hermeneutic phenomenology strategy, and the findings of these two steps are summarized with equal weight. The research findings revealed three dimensions: "performance," "ideology," and "assets" for the first question. In the second question, three experiences—"common birthplace," "common function," and "common assets"—were o obtained from phenomenological interviews. Finally, by comparing the results of these two stages, a model consisting of four dimensions—"place,"," "assets," "social space," and "unction"—was summarized.

Theoretical support with the aim of facilitating urban policy-making in order to realize the "discourse of justice" in the city is the problem which in this study, despite the vagueness, has been considered. Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, we try to identify the normative dimension around the value of justice in the relationship between the four recurring, widespread and controversial concepts of "good urban governance", "sustainable urban development" and "right to the city" and "spatial justice". In this way, after building a conceptual framework based on the secondary data in the relationship between these concepts around the discourse of justice; we attempt to determine the normative dimension by using CODAS multi-criteria selection and BWM weighting techniques. Therefore, the method of this research, despite dealing with data of a qualitative nature, is quantitative. This study also shows the capability of CODAS technique to be used in urban studies and introduces the concept of "sustainable urban development" as a normative dimension of pursuing the discourse of justice in urban spaces. It is expected that by providing a set of principles and guidelines, it will facilitate urban policy-making in order to achieve the discourse of justice in cities.

Problem statement: 

Despite the introduction of the concept of “sustainable urban development” - following the consequences of one-dimensional economic development - urban researchers still pay less attention to legal practices in this area. Laws are presented as a development framework, related to historical contexts, institutional capacities, etc., and their success is introduced in achieving “what is necessary”. since their success is not always guaranteed; to describe them, one must go beyond the level of a legal draft; and its implementation process and results should be studied as a whole unit. Therefore the research question is how Tehran’s physical-spatial development laws are based on the planning law assessment framework (PLAF) analytical model.

This study attempts to provide a descriptive-analytical study of the status of physical-spatial development planning laws in Tehran, on the path to sustainable urban development.

This applied-developmental research used indicators derived from the PLAF analytical model and carried out data processing by a group consisting of eight experts. Finally, the qualitative criteria measured, are quantified and compared.

Finally, the results of this mixed research showed on the path to sustainable urban development Tehran’s physical-spatial development law, is not in the desired situation both in terms of functional effectiveness and technical dimensions. Among the six thematic categories studied, the planning laws related to “building codes” and “land-based finance” are in the best and worst status in terms of “Functional effectiveness”, respectively. Also, the planning laws related to “Development Rights” and “public spaces” are in the best and worst condition in terms of “technical aspects”, respectively. The same situation is reflected in the final score, and the planning laws related to “plots and blocks” and “Development Rights” have the highest, and the planning laws related to “public spaces” have the lowest scores among all categories. Finally, it is noteworthy that the ultimate descriptions of this research can explain the legal reasons for the gap between the spatial situation of Tehran, between the desired vision of urban sustainable development.