Explaining the Crystallization of Power in Urban Land Planning the Case Study of Qazvin Orchards

The territory of Iran and its urban spaces in particular has found its current shape and order in the interactions of political-economic forces. Therefore, any fundamental analysis of this space requires a detailed knowledge of the actors (or in other words, the actors and their political and economic relations) and the interactions between them. Such an approach has been the main goal of the current research in the example of Qazvin city, as an example of the historical and industrial cities of the country. The research method used in terms of the type of qualitative analysis and according to the purpose of the research was fundamental. The grounded theory method is used as the main foundation of the research with an in-depth interview tool in the form of an open questionnaire according to the opinion of experts. It should be noted that the sample size was selected using the cluster technique 30 people were selected and the analytical software of the research was MAXQDA. The findings of the research identified the factors of the destruction of traditional Qazvin gardens as a concrete manifestation of the action of various power actors in the city of Qazvin, and based on this, the expansion of the ring road was identified as the means of this destruction, which was realized in the coordination of interested and competent institutions as well as non-native capitalism in general. Also, the results of the research indicate that the rentier economy, the absence of the tax system, the Islamic inheritance law, quantification as a tool for measuring the performance of management, along the absence of free media, etc. They provide a public good.