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

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
Alireza Ahmadi 1
Hosseinali Mohammadi 1
Mohammad Taghi Heydari 2
1 PhD student, department of geography, faculty of humanities, university of Zanjan, Iran
2 Associate professor, department of geography, faculty of humanities, university of Zanjan, Iran
Abstract
The objective of this investigation is to propose a multi-local urban planning paradigm grounded in the post-functionalist urban structure within the context of Iran. The methodological framework adopted in this scholarly article is qualitative in nature, employing the Grounded Theory approach as its primary investigative strategy. The statistical population for this study comprised experts and specialists in the disciplines of geography, urban studies, and regional planning, who were selected via purposive and snowball sampling techniques and subsequently engaged in interviews. The qualitative data were systematically coded in accordance with the three-tiered process of open, axial, and selective coding. The research outcomes reveal that the selective codes encompass six principal categories: Causal Conditions (which include the prerequisites, challenges, and rationales for advancing towards multi-local planning), Strategies (comprising the requisite actions, institutions, and measures necessary for achieving the objective), the Core Phenomenon (the focal subject of the inquiry), Contextual Factors (which pertain to the relevant institutions, organizations, and prevailing influential phenomena), Intervening Factors (which consist of existing and fundamental impediments to the actualization of the phenomenon along with the requisite actions to realize it), and ultimately, the Consequences associated with the implementation of multi-local urban planning. This investigation articulates a paradigmatic model predicated on the interrelations among these six categories and concludes that the realization of multi-local urban planning in Iran encounters challenges and urban contexts that are distinct from those observed in Northern European nations. These divergences encompass the economic and financial characteristics of planning institutions, the legal and intersectoral dimensions of urban planning, and the capabilities of neighborhood councils and urban residents.

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The Journal of Spatial Planning and Geomatics
Volume 29, Issue 2
Spring 2025
Pages 137-157