Studying the status of Urban design in urban development plans of Iran (Case study: the review plan of the detailed plan of Esfahan city; Districts 1 & 3)

Today, Urban design is fully operational in the process of preparing urban development plans in different countries but urban design has not yet found a suitable status in Iran. This research is studying the issue of what is the status of urban design in the process of preparation and implementation of the review plan of the detailed plan and criteria and rules of Esfahan city? And by using content analysis method, the intended elements and contents are collected and classified and analyzed. These elements include the dimensions of urban design and the subsets of them and by using the content analysis method, the amount of use of these elements is investigated in the review plan of the detailed plan of Esfahan city. The research results in three categories of urban design process, dimensions of urban design and urban design product include the following items: Suggested process: strategic – communicative Urban design dimensions: lack of adequate coverage of urban design dimensions and especially the social and perceptual dimensions in the review plan of the detailed plan and criteria and rules of urbanism and construction. Urban design product: All the urban design guidance documents have been collected in the handbook of criteria and rules of urbanism and construction, which are not structurally conform with the principles of the urban design guidance documents. The lack of three important documents is one of the several flaws in it. These documents are urban design framework, development brief and 3D master plan.: