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This chapter makes a short comparison between European urban form /space experience and Persian examples. It discusses differences and sociohistorical backgrounds. It argues that despite abundance of public space in the European cities, climatic factors in the hot arid environments of Iran have contributed to the poor growth of public space in comparison with the West in the past. Other influential factors include sociopolitical obstacles inherent to the geopolitical condition of the region, and special worldview to inner life rather than outer life .
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- 1.
See Paul Zuker, Town and Square , 1959, MIT Press, p. 4.
- 2.
See especially Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Towns and buildings, pp. 39–47; Edmond N. Bacon, Design of Cities, pp. 115–120; and Cliff Moughtin, Urban design Street and Square , pp. 109–111.
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This study is based on my short field study in Berlin in 1995, and the book City-Projekte/City Centre Projects, Berlin , March 1995, part 5. Analytical drawings based on Urban Space Design Criteria, p. 127.
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See our study Urban Structure in the Hot Arid Environments (Springer 2016). Part 1 deals with sociohistorical factors which have led to the creation of public space .
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See A.U. Pope (1965), Persian Architecture , p. 9. Pope ’s work is a pioneering research in the field of Persian Architecture .
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See especially the essays collected in the book The Islamic City (1970), including the Stern’s article, pp. 26, 29.
- 7.
For this matter see Encyclopedia Iranica on Susa v. The Sasanian Period.
- 8.
See Persian Encyclopedia, and Encyclopedia Iranica on Kerman /Ganj-Ê¿Ali Khan.
- 9.
For a short and key description about Lalezar street see Naser Najmi, Dar al khalafe Tehran, 2535/1976, pp. 11–13.
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Tavassoli, M. (2020). Urban Space, a Comparative Look Between Persian and European Experience. In: Form, Space and Design. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15831-6_3
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