Presenting a Multi-Local Urban Planning Model Based on the Post-Functional City in Iran: A Grounded Theory Study

The purpose of this study is to propose a multi-local urban planning model based on the post-functionalist urban form in Iran. The research methodology employed in this article is  qualitative, utilizing the Grounded Theory approach. The statistical population consisted of experts and specialists in the fields of geography, urban, and regional planning, who were selected through purposive and snowball sampling methods and subsequently interviewed. The qualitative data were coded according to the three stages of open, axial, and selective coding. The research findings indicate that the selective codes comprise six fundamental categories: Causal Conditions (encompassing the necessities, challenges, and reasons for moving towards multi-local planning), Strategies (including the essential actions, institutions, and steps to achieve the goal), the Core Phenomenon (the central subject of the research), Contextual Factors (involving implicated institutions, organizations, and existing influential phenomena), Intervening Factors (including existing and fundamental obstacles to the realization of the phenomenon and the necessary actions to achieve it), and finally, the Consequences of implementing multi-local urban planning. This study presents a paradigmatic model based on the relationships between these six categories and concludes that the realization of multi-local urban planning in Iran is a multi-dimensional, multi-level, and complex endeavor. It necessitates comprehensive revisions, fundamental reforms, and extensive interventions within the urban planning system on a large scale. Finally this article suggests multi-local urban planning  paradigmatic model in Iran.