Urban Change in Iran - Stories of Rooted Histories and Ever-accelerating Developments (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book, based on conference excerpts, investigates various aspects of contemporary Iranian urbanism. The topics covered range from the impacts of political developments on the cities' rapid socio-economic developments, to the cities' troubled relationship with the country's built-environment history and their frequently ill-managed exposure to Western notions of development and globalisation. Last but not least, the country's vulnerability to natural disasters in an age of increasing urban-population densification is also considered. Alongside more theoretically and artistically oriented debates, the book's individual contributions turn their attention to the now much higher proportion of urban dwellers in the country's rising population. It also discusses the policies designed in response to these demographic moves, including those to develop new towns, find housing for the excess population in existing cities, renovate historic buildings and create new public spaces. The practice-policy oriented contributions also include those concerning the country's responses to natural disasters.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	The Urban Book Series
Release date:	December 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	Fatemeh Farnaz Arefian • Seyed Hossein Iradj Moeini
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-26113-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-26113-4
Barcode:	9783319261133

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