An analysis of the urban space production cycle in IranCase: Tehran metropolis

There is a dialectical relationship between urbanization and the production of space. On the one hand, rapid urbanization not only changes the physical space, including the built environment, land use, and landscapes; It also changes the imaginary and mental space, on the other hand, the produced space changes the whole urbanization process. The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of urban space production in contemporary Iran. The city of Tehran has been selected as a case study.In order to achieve the research goal, the most important urban planning measures, influential forces, goals and results of measures taken in Tehran have been analyzed.The research method was descriptive-post-event. The data collection tool was documentary. The results show that the goals of changing and producing new urban space are different and have occurred in three important cycles.In the first cycle, the most important goal of urban change was to control space, and ultimately the expansion of capitalism.In the second cycle, the most important goal in the production of urban space has been the accumulation of capital, which the government and other elements, namely capital and local government, by reducing spatial barriers provided the necessary bases for capital accumulation in Tehran.In the third cycle, the government withdrew from financing the municipality with the aim of reducing costs, and passed a law on municipal self-sufficiency, which effectively gave the city to the capital and the municipality.Finally, the capital of Tehran has become a valuable commodity.