The Role of the Concept of

Sadafi KohnehShahri, Pedram

doi:10.22034/toc.2024.492973.1174

The Role of the Concept of "Place" in Rural Guide Plans (Case Study: Aboulvafa and Horin Khalifeh Villages)

https://doi.org/10.22034/toc.2024.492973.1174

Volume 5, Issue 18
Autumn 2024

Pages 48-53

Document Type : Viewpoint/ Critical Review

Author

Pedram Sadafi KohnehShahri

Ph.D. Student in Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The failure to realize spatial development programs for villages (Rural Guide Plans) in Iran is one of the significant challenges to the sustainable development of rural areas. These programs, designed and implemented to manage the spatial and functional development of villages, have not achieved the expected results despite efforts to improve and reform the functions of rural spaces. During visits to the villages in the central district of Kuhdasht County (Aboulvafa, Horin Khalifeh, Dam Sorkh, etc.), while confirming this premise, it appears that the failure to achieve development goals at the action stage is primarily due to the inability of planners to understand and identify the environmental characteristics and territorial values of the village during the program formulation stage. According to the definitions of place and landscape, planning based on the concept of place plays a crucial role in determining the identity and success of a space. Place is not equivalent to physical space; rather, the observer's perception of it contains various values and meanings. A comparative analysis of the Rural guide plans of the two villages of Aboulvafa and Horin Khalifeh in the central district of Kouhdasht also confirms that the way of approaching the concept of place significantly impacts the rural development process. It appears that the feasibility of rural development objectives (Rural Guide plans) requires a precise understanding of place and attention to landscape layers in the planning process. This necessitates a specific phase in the spatial planning service description titled "landscape reading," in which the landscape specialist, in collaboration with the local community, uncovers the landscape layers, revealing territorial values. This process will lead to the preparation of a place-based (place-oriented) program that ensures sustainable rural development.

Keywords

Rural Guide Plan

Place

Spatial Planning

Place-Based Program

Subjects

landscape

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