Principles and Techniques for Restoration and Reclamation of Urban Parks with Emphasis on Improvement of Ecological and Social QualityCase study: The First Tehran's Public Park

Unfavorable conditions of cities, the shortage and the deficiencies of open and green spaces in large cities of the country require paying attention to parks and green spaces of the city. Ecological and social activities which are the foundations of the city's stability have elevated the quality and the livability of the cities, while being effective in its beautification in order to make the city's living environment more desirable. The elimination of the current deficiencies in these parks is often known as their restoration. In this research, the ParkShahr as the first public park of the city of Tehran has been studied because of its environmental values, its functionality, culture and beauty and the study was done on the basis of descriptive-analytic method. Thus, all the current physical, biological, social, cultural and functional specifications of the ParkShahr in the current conditions have been analyzed. Then the analysis of the outlook and the view as a pictorial-analytical method (Simon Bell) and the analysis of behavioral patterns of visitors by utilization of questionnaires have been done. Finally, the results showed that the principles related to the techniques of restoration and reclamation of ParkShahr will put emphasis on improvement of ecological and social quality. SWOT method was used for the restoration of ParkShahr.