The Role and Function of Virtual Communication in Urban Public Spaces Through Social Sustainable Development : A Case Study in Laleh Park in Tehran)

Abstract

Abstract. Social interpretations of sustainability emphasize on the equality of social rights and justice and this may lead to the gradual development of cities along with consolidated models of civil obligations. One of the key results of world conference communication discussions (WCCD) is that there is no world development model which may result in sustainability in all levels of society and sustainability is dialectic, multifaceted and complementary process which may be different from one society to the other, one community to the other and one field to the other. Virtual communications provide participatory backgrounds and increase social interactions in order to create desirable conditions to attain sustainable development. But now the challenge that today individual is confronted with is the gap between virtual world and its real location. The aim of this article is to review public social structures proportional as infrastructures for intersection of virtual spaces with their real societies in order to discuss communication not just as a media or message but in a network of social dependencies. The method of investigation is surveying description with reviewing documental and librarian studiesand choosing Laleh Park as a case study in order to find how virtual communications through group media may influence civil activities and enhance social relationships in urban public spaces to attain social sustainability.