Evaluation of the quality of participatory landscape perception in neighborhoods of cultural landscape to achieve social sustainability

From Firenze University Press Journal: Aestimum

Nafiseh Golestani, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr Branch, Bushehr, Iran

Mehdi Khakzand, School of Architecture & Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology

Mohsen Faizi, School of Architecture & Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology Iran

Focusing on neighborhoods sustainability is one of the novel approaches to make decisions concerning. Neighborhoods On the other hand, the urban landscape has goals that have in its context the principles of sustainabil-ity This study also aims at building a connection between sustainability and urban landscape perception, such that it can be productive on a neighbor-hoods scale. “Neighborhood” is not a new word in the global urban planning literature, particularly in Iran. The primary form of this notion can be seen centuries ago, when the first central governments of Iran settled, in the form of “Kohan Dezh” (meaning old fortress) and “Shaarestan” (meaning city). The word is so inherent in Iranian culture that it is extensively used even in popular literature, and its meaning is understandable to people. But when it comes to defining and proving its meaning, the same familiar, simple phrase molds in a twisted and variable form such that both ordinary people and the specialists in this domain are unable to specify it precisely.

In defining the neighborhood, each distinct scientific area has detailed and applied it according to their particular theoretical disciplines and their perspective on the idea of the neighbor-hood. Historical neighborhoods are of particular signifi-cance because of their historical value and features. The Baazarche-ye-Fil passage in Es’hagh Beigneighborhoodfrom the fabric of Shiraz (Case A) is chosen as the case study. This historical passage (the route from Baazarche-ye-Fil to Es’hagh Beigneighborhood of Shiraz) has its own spatial and unique values. Accordingly, this area must be protected from instability and its consequenc-es and decline in the quality of landscape perception. Landscape perception and communication are some of the constructive layers of the urban landscape in neighborhoods with a Cultural Landscape that will influence social sustainability and promote the perceived quality of the environment in the perceptions of the people.

Citizen communication is the connection between urban landscape perception and neighborhood social sustain-ability. The absence of dynamism in neighborhoods of the Cultural Landscape has prompted social instability in these neighborhoods. Particularly in the neighbor-hoods of the Cultural Landscape of Shiraz. High levels of social indifference and lack of vibrance in the histori-cal context neighborhoods led to the social instability of the neighborhoods, particularly those within the histori-cal context. To this end, the present study seeks to offer a response to the following research question:

What are the key elements in promoting social sustain-ability through cultural landscape perception in historical sites?

The final goal of the research is the strategies and policies extracted from the interaction of environmental perception with the cultural landscape in the two historical transitions of Bazarche Fil and Haj Zainel in the old context of Shiraz, which is considered one of the research strategies with the help of the foundational data theory, through which theorizing based on the main concepts obtained It is formed from the data in the field. After analysis using the content analysis method, some certain codes were obtained. Based on those codes, the elements that determine the perceived quality of land-scapes with Cultural Landscape s from the perspective of experts and residents were determined.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/aestim-13527

Read Full Text: https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ceset/article/view/13527