With rising land prices there are less green spaces in the city even with restrictive laws in place. Tehran was once filled with gardens, but urbanization destroyed them. Courtyards used to employ most of the green space in the city. However, when the new apartments were being constructed they were not designed to have any green spaces. Urban sprawl breaks up the relationship between humans and the environment. Sprawl causes an increase in city commuting time. In 1980 Tehran’s government was forced to expand the range of urban services provided to the sprawled settlements (Roshan, Rousta, Remesh 2009, 310-321)
Tehran’s Strategic Plan is a twenty-year sustainability development plan taking place until 2027 (Sharifzadegan, Gollar, Azizi 2011,186-195). …show more content…
The medieval city of Tehran was prototypical of most Iranian-Islamic cities. It had a bazaar, a citadel for political matters, a Friday mosque and residential neighborhoods (Sintusingha and Mirgholami 2013, 122-132). Cul-de-sacs were used to separate family from public spaces. Tehran was not blessed with great open spaces and had no overall plan compared to Isfahan being known for its urban developments (Costello 2001, 201-216). Activities like window shopping, street vending and adopting the American lifestyle became more popular parallel to the widening of the …show more content…
Having insurance doesn’t help with private health care. Tehran has twice as many doctors as the surrounding cities.
Mostly public schools.
The Iran-Iraq war caused a drop in oil prices, an increase in inflation, and a loss of capital and labor.
Tehran is on the list of global cities due to its important factor in the oil industry.
Tehran sits on one of the worlds deadliest fault lines and is likely, in the next ten years, to cause an earthquake killing hundreds of thousands of people (Sassen 2001, 151).
There have been major dams built to try to redirect water for Tehran. Tehran isn’t located near any large rivers or water sources. With no sewage collection and processing the water problem has escalated in the
Tehran’s Strategic Plan is a twenty-year sustainability development plan taking place until 2027 (Sharifzadegan, Gollar, Azizi 2011,186-195). …show more content…
The medieval city of Tehran was prototypical of most Iranian-Islamic cities. It had a bazaar, a citadel for political matters, a Friday mosque and residential neighborhoods (Sintusingha and Mirgholami 2013, 122-132). Cul-de-sacs were used to separate family from public spaces. Tehran was not blessed with great open spaces and had no overall plan compared to Isfahan being known for its urban developments (Costello 2001, 201-216). Activities like window shopping, street vending and adopting the American lifestyle became more popular parallel to the widening of the …show more content…
Having insurance doesn’t help with private health care. Tehran has twice as many doctors as the surrounding cities.
Mostly public schools.
The Iran-Iraq war caused a drop in oil prices, an increase in inflation, and a loss of capital and labor.
Tehran is on the list of global cities due to its important factor in the oil industry.
Tehran sits on one of the worlds deadliest fault lines and is likely, in the next ten years, to cause an earthquake killing hundreds of thousands of people (Sassen 2001, 151).
There have been major dams built to try to redirect water for Tehran. Tehran isn’t located near any large rivers or water sources. With no sewage collection and processing the water problem has escalated in the