Analyzing the Role of Constructional Violations in the Failure of Urban Development Plans of the Tehran Metropolis

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Ph. D. condidate in Urbanism, Tarbiat modares University, Tehran, Iran.

2 رئیس کمیسیون شهرسازی و معماری شورا اسلامی شهر تهران

3 مشاور کمیسیون شهرسازی و معماری

Abstract

Limitations of urban constructions in the form of rules and regulations with the aim of controlling city physical
development is the product of city development plans and documents. Actually, construction rules and regulations
in a metropolis like Tehran is the tool of performing urban development plans and development process in shortterm
urban projects and long-term development plans is controlled by means of these rules and regulations.
Therefore, how these rules and regulations are performed is a decisive factor in achieving goals and prospects of
urban development plans. Quantity and quality of construction regulations in Tehran from the first comprehensive
plan approved in 1970 to the strategic-structural plan in 2007 was changed along with the evolution of general
urban developments and special development policies in Tehran. Also, necessity of updating rules and regulations
of urban development is considered according to lack of full performance or low performance of many of the rules
and regulations of previous plans. A major part of challenges about non-implementation of these regulations can
be studied in the form of anomalies of constructional violations. This research analyzes and evaluates the way
of performing these regulations and status of constructional violations with the goal of analyzing challenges of
performing rules and regulations of urban development in Tehran metropolis using descriptive-analytical method.
Hence, four time intervals: the interval between performing regulations of first comprehensive plan of Tehran and
financial self-sufficiency of municipal, the interval between implementing density sales policy and modifying
regulations of Tehran, the interval between performing Amendment of planning regulations of Tehran and
announcing the rules of detailed and comprehensive plan of Tehran and after that are evaluated. Also, causes of
creation of constructional violations and their consequences in the failure of urban development plans were analyzed
and the results demonstrate that the factors such as physical field and limitations and natural tendencies of urban
development, underlying society and economy of city, defects of construction rules and regulations and inefficient
urban management system are the most important causes of constructional violations in Tehran metropolis.

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The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar
Volume 14, Issue 51
September 2017
Pages 5-20

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