Abstract:
One of the most important natural factors and critical facilities in Tehran is presence of AlborzSlopes River-Valleys which have been considered as natural tourist places for citizens since a long time ago, especiallyin hot summers and play effective role in creating a balance between manmade and natural spaces. Importance ofthese river-valleys as ecological pathways is enhanced with the increase in population and development of river-valleycities can become a vital element of urban life cycle. However unfortunately, their inappropriate use has only reducedthe quality of life in their area. Design of riparian parks, establishing dynamic edges and creating lively urban spacemay give a new spirit into the lifeless body of these river-valleys. This paper has been written aiming at planning anddesign of sustainable resorts in the area of Kan River-Valley (The largest urban watercourse of Tehran) and attemptedto answer this question that has Kan River ecological context and environmental characteristics to become a greenurban corridor? Land use planning process has been used and strategic planning has been performed using analytical- descriptive method of artificial, natural and visual characteristics of the subject area, relying on the table Strengths,Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threat (SWOT) and using present capabilities and removing barriers. The researchresults show that using sustainable ecologic landscape design and compatible with the environment, is an appropriatestrategy for revitalizing the urban river-valleys.
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Planning and Design of Urban Sustainable Riparian Park (Case Study: Kan River- Valley) 1Hassanali Laghai, 2٭Seyedeh Maryam Gilani 1Associate Professor, Department of Art and Architecture, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran 2M.
This paper has been written aiming at planning and design of sustainable resorts in the area of Kan River-Valley (The largest urban watercourse of Tehran) and attempted to answer this question that has Kan River ecological context and environmental characteristics to become a green urban corridor?
Restoration and improvement of river- valleys and urban streams, for their abundant environmental features, are effective steps towards creating urban sustainable natural landscapes (Bozorgi, 2004) which are far from international standards according to per capita statistics in Tehran (Sheibani, 1996).
Therefore this study set planning and design of sustainable resorts in the area of Kan River-Valley (The largest urban watercourse in Tehran) as its target and according to the research questions a hypothesis has been proposed as follows: It seems that use of sustainable ecologic landscape design and compatible with the environment, is an appropriate strategy for revitalizing the urban river-valleys and compliance with safety and environmental requirements in the design of river- valleys can cause to achieve a sustainable plan for recreational operation.
In this study, riparian park design with sustainability approach has been carefully studied and examined and the result indicates that use of sustainable ecological landscape design consistent with the environment is an appropriate strategy for revitalization of the urban river- valleys.