Sustainable Urban Development: Tracing Iranian-Islamic Architecture

Abstract

The present paper is based on library documents and studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the Iranian-Islamic architecture and urbanization and compare it with the principles of sustainable urban development in order to determine that Iran-Islamic architecture and urbanization are consistent with sustainable urban development. Therefore, the main question of the research is whether Iranian-Islamic architecture and urbanization meet the criteria for sustainable urban development? In order to answer the research question, the following hypothesis is considered: Iranian-Islamic architecture and urban architecture seem to fit with the criteria for sustainable urban development. The method used in this research is of a qualitative type. By studying library resources and studying the views of experts in relation to the concept of Iranian-Islamic architecture and urbanization and sustainable development, we attempt to describe the characteristics of Iranian-Islamic architecture and urbanism with the criteria of sustained development to analyze the relationship between them. The results of the research show that Iranian-Islamic architecture and urbanism, and the principles and criteria that govern it are consistent with the characteristics of sustainable urban development, and its sustainability is more than the modern architecture and urbanization that has dominated Iran's cities nowadays. Therefore, the research hypothesis on the compatibility of Iranian-Islamic architecture and urbanism is confirmed by the criteria of sustainable urban development.