In casting a new look at city; this study interprets the urban form in respect of the role played by human perception of space. The main aim of this research at a macro level is to attain a strong theorical basis through a multi-dimensional approach to the city. The method of analyzing and carrying out a critique of it at an applied level will clarify the impact, which cultural factors have in the formation of urban form. This preliminary recognition and idealism is based on a hermeneutic and deductive method that is particular to the intellectual sciences In the process of devising theories, studying the urban planning texts related to the subject of study and the conclusion from the field study which is carried out in the Isfahan Naghshe Jahan square in the Safavy period played a key role in the research in addition to the goals and questions.
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March 01 2008
Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form
Fereshteh Habib;
Fereshteh Habib
*
Department of Architecture Faculty of Architecture Eastern Mediterranean University Famagusta
, KKTC Mersin-10, TURKEY
* Corresponding Author: Ph.D. Candidate in Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Gazimagusa, T.R.N.C. Ph.D. of Urban Planning, Science &Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Master of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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Ibrahim Numan;
Ibrahim Numan
Department of Architecture Faculty of Architecture Eastern Mediterranean University Famagusta
, KKTC Mersin-10, TURKEY
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Hifsiye Pulhan
Hifsiye Pulhan
Department of Architecture Faculty of Architecture Eastern Mediterranean University Famagusta
, KKTC Mersin-10, TURKEY
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* Corresponding Author: Ph.D. Candidate in Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Gazimagusa, T.R.N.C. Ph.D. of Urban Planning, Science &Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Master of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2633-9838
Print ISSN: 0168-2601
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Open House International (2008) 33 (1): 72–85.
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Habib F, Numan I, Pulhan H (2008), "Sociocultural Influences on an Important Example of Iranian Urban Form". Open House International, Vol. 33 No. 1 pp. 72–85, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2008-B0007
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