Analysis a Development Framework for Urban Heritage Conservation Versus Development Trends in Shiraz, Iran
الموضوعات :Alireza Andalib 1 , Alireza Abdolahzadefard 2
1 - Associate professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Ph.D candidate, Department of Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: Urban development, Heritage, Historic urban area, Shiraz,
ملخص المقالة :
Historic urban areas are a significant part of each city not only due to having irreplaceable cultural and socialresources, but also due to their attractive patterns of life. They have being threatened by strong development trends. This paperaims to investigate the impacts of redevelopment trends in the historic city of Shiraz, Iran. The paper begins by highlightinghistorical development in the different periods such as Atabakan, Safaviyeh, Zandiyeh, Qajar and Contemporary period; and then,it investigates types of heritage in Shiraz, and, the impacts of modernization trends on the historic urban area of the city. Thepurpose of the present study is to investigate some of the problems involved in the conservation of the historic settlements in Iranwith particular emphasize to the historic settlement of Shiraz city. This study found that confrontation between strong developmenttrends and urban heritage conservation led to loss of numerous tangible and intangible heritages in Shiraz.