Comparative Analysis of the Learnings of the Safavid Period Urban Planning System in Iran with The Renaissance Urban Planning System in Europe

The Safavid period due to security and economic prosperity, providing a suitable ground for enhancement of the Islamic - Iranian culture. This contributed to the distinction of the Iranian-Islamic art especially the architecture and urban planning of Safavid era compared to other periods in Iran.The Renaissance urban planning system is also rooted in the school of human primacy which inspired the design at all levels of architecture until urban spaces.The purpose of research is to compare the teachings of urban Safavid and Renaissance periods and to identify the effective elements in the physical of the city. Therefore, the present study has been used on the nature of the subject combination of historical, comparative analysis and phenomenology. The data collection tool is library method. The analysis of the data in a qualitative manner. The findings of research show that the ideal city of the Safavid period and Renaissance has been influenced by the kind of worldview they are observing. The physical crystallization of urban spaces has emerged in a process of historical and natural transformation. Therefore, the conclusion is that the city is a spatial temporal phenomenon which is every part of history can transform its quantitative changes with the qualitative changes required by its age and place concept of place and time in line with each other.