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  1 - Comparative Analysis of Healing Gardens with Iranian Garden
  Seyed Abolfazl Hashemin Mohammadreza Bemanian
  10.30495/jest.2022.25755.3475
  Background and Objective: Given that most carried out studies on healing gardens are written in Non-native researches, it is required to investigate the pattern compatibility level of Iranian garden landscape and healing gardens to propose a practical strategy in line w More

  Background and Objective: Given that most carried out studies on healing gardens are written in Non-native researches, it is required to investigate the pattern compatibility level of Iranian garden landscape and healing gardens to propose a practical strategy in line with Iranians local-cultural value. Scholars have carried out abundant researches on healing ability of natural environments as well as healing gardens. Yet, less observed that the comparative study method has been used for healing gardens analysis in Iranian garden.Material and Methodology: This written has used comparative study to analyze the compatibility level of Iranian garden landscape pattern with healing gardens. The present study intends to analyze the “quality and degree of healing gardens’ indicators in Iranian garden”. Therefore, at first step, the qualitative content of healing landscapes was described, and its relevant basics no less than indexes were analyzed. Next, the parameters and indicators stemmed from these studies were compiled as a query and submitted to the practitioners subsequently. Those were analyzed by Spss 16.0 software to estimate the level of indicators’ compatibility in Iranian garden.Findings: It was found out from the implemented analyses and estimations that the most percentage of Iranian garden compatibility with a healing garden indicators is for sensory stimulation indicator and accessibility to and interaction with nature.Discussion and Conclusion:  Its necessary for designers to improve private areas and make space diversity for users with utilization of innovative ways to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Persian garden with healing function. Manuscript profile