Comparative analysis between qualitative norms of ancient Iranian urbanism and western urban design approaches

The rich identity, originality and validity of "Ancient Iranian Urbanism and Architecture", always have stimulated the urban designers and planners for having research about its valuable qualities and historical principles. Unlike the past, today's Iranian cities have inefficient urban qualities; because they have inspired by the western urban designs, without paying attention to their contents and contexts, which declined the originality and identity of them. So in this research, to achieve more efficient urban design solutions, is tried to revive the concepts and principles of the ancient Iranian urbanism. Also, according to the globalization and urban commonalities, the main attempt is to find the overlaps and common qualitative norms between the western contemporary urban design approaches and ancient Iranian urbanism principles. Due to this, by utilizing the inductive, comparative and descriptive methods, is tried to have a research in theoretical resources to suggest some comprehensive principles, in order to reach an appropriate concept for the implementation of urban design projects in Iran, which may revive the original Iranian contextualism and reality. This type of research creates a linkage between the innovations of western urbanism approaches and the values of the ancient Iranian urbanism principles to have a prospective and more accurate understanding of Iranian urban developments.