The Progress Paradigm The Essential Tension in Spatial Planning

Social transformation and redaction of text related to the society is not possible without having specific goals that is called a paradigm in the semantic sphere. The “Progress” paradigm evolved during the past century by the attempts of Iranian scholars in their confrontation with “development” paradigm that has reached its maturity but requires time to provide the necessary ground for its implementation. Undoubtedly, every paradigm has epistemological foundations, origins, doctrine, and particular goals whose accomplishment needs three systems of governance, philosophical-scientific and cultural systems. The Progress paradigm should be interpreted as intangible behavioral language of Iranian revolution. Formulation of the behavioral language is considered as a strategic planning by Iranian scholars through in the Center of Islamic-Iranian progress pattern. The results of the process carried out, based on Jeanette's analysis method, show that: The paradigm of progress is an attempt to formulate the ideals of the Iranian revolution in the form of a strategic document. The paradigm of progress is based on five principles, namely spatial balance, truth and correctness, livability and territorial resilience, spatial identity, and the precedence seeking to achieve civil process. The progress paradigm has an essential tension compared to the development paradigm