Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form

Abstract

In casting a new look at city; this study interprets the urban form in respect of the role played by human perception of space. The main aim of this research at a macro level is to attain a strong theorical basis through a multi-dimensional approach to the city. The method of analyzing and carrying out a critique of it at an applied level will clarify the impact, which cultural factors have in the formation of urban form. This preliminary recognition and idealism is based on a hermeneutic and deductive method that is particular to the intellectual sciences In the process of devising theories, studying the urban planning texts related to the subject of study and the conclusion from the field study which is carried out in the Isfahan Naghshe Jahan square in the Safavy period played a key role in the research in addition to the goals and questions.

Citation

Habib, F., Numan, I. and Pulhan, H. (2008), "Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form", Open House International, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2008-B0007