Urban Development Impacts on Expanding the Weariness Aspects of Historical Contexts (Case Study: Feizabad Neighborhood of Kermanshah City)

The concepts of urban development and backwardness of the old and historical contexts from the development process are the corresponding phenomena in non-developed or developing countries, which generally resulted from linear and horizontal only physical growth, instead of considering the inner potentialities of cities. The current research pursues the objective of understanding the correct procedure of spatial development of a city, especially Kermanshah as the case study and analyzing the irregular developmental trends of the Feizabad neighborhood, as well as identifying effective factors in creating and increasing the dimensions of weariness in this area. From the methodological point of view, this research has been done by focusing on a case study strategy and a descriptive-analytical method. Finally, it has been validated by a survey of experts to precise the research proposition theory. This was done by designing and distributing a researcher-made questionnaire among experts in the field of architecture and Urbanism with a high familiarity with the old context of Kermanshah. In this way, by weighing and scoring the items extracted from the theoretical framework of the research, the priority of the components of the research conceptual model was achieved, and thus it was possible to rank the negative consequences of the development concerning the weariness of the studied historical context. The results show that the increase in the size of the city in different historical periods has had no relevance to population growth. Especially, due to incorrect policies regarding the transfer of land after the Islamic Revolution, the deterioration of the Feizabad neighborhood has increased. Then, the problems such as lack of Balancing the city has led to the formation of competition between new large areas and the central contexts increasing maintenance costs and informal settlements.