An Analysis on the social and economical construction of the Old Texture of Kashan City

Kashan’s valuable and historical texture with its cultural, historical and structural potential hidden in is considered its best sign for Kashan identification. Due to its special old structural features it has led to the city’s spatial unity. This time limit was united with the old city round, but for the changes and developments occurred over the time, the city was gradually developed and what was as historical texture was regarded as residential commercial and the significant part of the city was located in the margin. The city development and the spread of making the colonies in old city turned the construction of the old concentrated and condensed texture of the city to the scattered multi-colony texture which was not arranged based on any particular structural order. Gradually the local residents decided to go away from the old texture, and gradually those areas for their failure in resident attraction and accommodation such as the lack of financial services, social cultural and structural services ended up with burnt out. Simultaneous emphasis on structural Reconstruction and the economical and social organization of the old texture, recognition of different elements of the old city of Kashan and its correspondence with the structure and the necessities of modern texture are some of the main purposes of the present research. Furthermore, the presentation of solutions to improve the urban development optimization in order to create a region structurally, economically, culturally, and socially active to provide needs and demands for the citizens, are among the most important purpose of this research. A mixture of descriptive, analytical and survey methods has been used for this research. The results represent the lack of correspondence of the old city texture with the needs of residents, disability in services specially, using the automobiles in texture that was the most modern resident's need and disability of the texture residents economically for reconstructing and decreasing the sensation of belonging to the texture specially among the youth and nonnative immigrants led to economic and social burn out and finally the irregularity in the spatial texture.