Neglecting the Role of Green Landscape as a Place-Maker, a Main Factor in the Inefficiency of Development in the City of Natanz

Abdi, Babak; Borzooeian, Zahra; Mehrabadi, Mohammad

doi:10.22034/toc.2025.547541.1208

Neglecting the Role of Green Landscape as a Place-Maker, a Main Factor in the Inefficiency of Development in the City of Natanz

https://doi.org/10.22034/toc.2025.547541.1208

Volume 6, Issue 22
Autumn 2025

Pages 42-49

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

Babak Abdi

Zahra Borzooeian

Mohammad Mehrabadi

Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The expansion of urbanization and the increasing development of cities lead to a need for human connection with nature more than ever before, and urban green space is developing in step with the city. Despite the increase in the area of contemporary green space, its inefficiency and failure to meet the various needs of citizens are evident. Understanding spatial capacities and residents’ perception of the surrounding green space will lead to understanding the place-making components of the native green landscape. The Natanz garden city also has its own spatial capacities, and the present study has analyzed the characteristics of the various green typologies of Natanz to understand these components through library documents and field observations through landscape reading. The results showed that the traditional green typologies of Natanz, including the garden city and green oases, were created according to the needs of residents and the capacities of the place by creating order with an emphasis on selected elements, and by having a close connection with the daily life and mentalities of residents, they meet their needs in various social, cultural, aesthetic, economic, and environmental aspects. While contemporary green typologies, including urban parks and public green spaces, have been limited to purely decorative and recreational functions in an unsustainable and incompatible way with residents’ perceptions of place and have no place in the residents’ mindsets, it is essential to pay attention to the place-making components of the green landscape in development plans to increase the efficiency of green space and transform it into a green landscape.

Keywords

Green Landscape

Place-based Development

Garden City

Subjects

landscape

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