The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah

The notion of the Islamic city evoked in comparison with European cities and their modernization process and often criticized for its Eurocentric nature, acknowledges the characteristics’ existence that are shared by traditional cities across the extensive geography, where Islam is the predominant r...

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Autor: Pakseresht, Sahar
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-117639
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title The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
spellingShingle The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
Pakseresht, Sahar
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura
title_short The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
title_full The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
title_fullStr The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
title_full_unstemmed The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
title_sort The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pakseresht, Sahar
author Pakseresht, Sahar
author_facet Pakseresht, Sahar
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Guàrdia Bassols, Manuel
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description The notion of the Islamic city evoked in comparison with European cities and their modernization process and often criticized for its Eurocentric nature, acknowledges the characteristics’ existence that are shared by traditional cities across the extensive geography, where Islam is the predominant religion. It is not unusual, therefore, to attribute these peculiarities to the shared religious framework, although said framework officially didn’t experience serious modification until twenty centuries, despite the modernization of these cities. Consequently, this study suggests an indirect approach through the study of the modernization process of cities in the Islamic world. The emphasis, thus, no longer rests on specific religious qualities and falls instead on the urban practices and the cultural frameworks in which they are inscribed, resulting from the crystallization of practices and from environmental, social and cultural equilibria in the long-term. Before 1920, Iranian cities were characterized by a set of features which were common in other traditional Islamic cities in the world. As those traditional Islamic cities have been much more studied than the twentieth century changes that have transformed them, we need more holistic and integrated understanding about the changes derived from the modernization process. To explore the broad and wide-spread of their metamorphosis, it is more enlightening if we study second order cities, rather than studying the transformations of major capitals such as Cairo, Istanbul or Tehran, where interventions are more exceptional and more rhetorical. Therefore, this research examines the Kermanshah city, to understand the link between urban and social transformations due to the modernization process. Tracing city, historically, from its traditional form, as prototypical of the so-called Islamic city, to the Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979) and after the Islamic revolution in 1979. We will focus, particularly, on studying the stages of urban transformation and changes of urban morphology as well as conflicts and differences between traditional urban features with the modern ones. In other words, we are interested in understanding how traditional morphology and structure of the city, like residential and commercial zone, are affected by symbols of development ambition in the each era, like the opening of new and wide boulevards, intensification of land use, disciplining space, embellishing the city and etc. Moreover, we want to trace how these changes influence social structure over the time.
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spelling The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of KermanshahPakseresht, SaharÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::ArquitecturaThe notion of the Islamic city evoked in comparison with European cities and their modernization process and often criticized for its Eurocentric nature, acknowledges the characteristics’ existence that are shared by traditional cities across the extensive geography, where Islam is the predominant religion. It is not unusual, therefore, to attribute these peculiarities to the shared religious framework, although said framework officially didn’t experience serious modification until twenty centuries, despite the modernization of these cities. Consequently, this study suggests an indirect approach through the study of the modernization process of cities in the Islamic world. The emphasis, thus, no longer rests on specific religious qualities and falls instead on the urban practices and the cultural frameworks in which they are inscribed, resulting from the crystallization of practices and from environmental, social and cultural equilibria in the long-term. Before 1920, Iranian cities were characterized by a set of features which were common in other traditional Islamic cities in the world. As those traditional Islamic cities have been much more studied than the twentieth century changes that have transformed them, we need more holistic and integrated understanding about the changes derived from the modernization process. To explore the broad and wide-spread of their metamorphosis, it is more enlightening if we study second order cities, rather than studying the transformations of major capitals such as Cairo, Istanbul or Tehran, where interventions are more exceptional and more rhetorical. Therefore, this research examines the Kermanshah city, to understand the link between urban and social transformations due to the modernization process. Tracing city, historically, from its traditional form, as prototypical of the so-called Islamic city, to the Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979) and after the Islamic revolution in 1979. We will focus, particularly, on studying the stages of urban transformation and changes of urban morphology as well as conflicts and differences between traditional urban features with the modern ones. In other words, we are interested in understanding how traditional morphology and structure of the city, like residential and commercial zone, are affected by symbols of development ambition in the each era, like the opening of new and wide boulevards, intensification of land use, disciplining space, embellishing the city and etc. Moreover, we want to trace how these changes influence social structure over the time.La noción de ciudad islámica evocada en comparación con las ciudades europeas y su proceso de modernización y, a menudo, criticada por su naturaleza eurocéntrica, reconoce la existencia de características que comparten las ciudades tradicionales a lo largo de la extensa geografía, donde el Islam es la religión predominante. No es inusual, por lo tanto, atribuir estas peculiaridades al marco religioso compartido, aunque dicho marco oficialmente no experimentó modificaciones serias hasta veinte siglos, a pesar de la modernización de estas ciudades. En consecuencia, este estudio sugiere un enfoque indirecto a través del estudio del proceso de modernización de las ciudades en el mundo islámico. El énfasis, por lo tanto, ya no se basa en cualidades religiosas específicas y cae en cambio en las prácticas urbanas y los marcos culturales en los que están inscritos, como resultado de la cristalización de las prácticas y de los equilibrios ambientales, sociales y culturales en el largo plazo. Antes de 1920, las ciudades iraníes se caracterizaban por un conjunto de características que eran comunes en otras ciudades islámicas tradicionales del mundo. Como esas ciudades islámicas tradicionales han sido mucho más estudiadas que los cambios del siglo XX que las han transformado, necesitamos una comprensión más integral e integrada de los cambios derivados del proceso de modernización. Para explorar la amplia y amplia difusión de su metamorfosis, es más esclarecedor si estudiamos ciudades de segundo orden, en lugar de estudiar las transformaciones de grandes capitales como El Cairo, Estambul o Teherán, donde las intervenciones son más excepcionales y más retóricas. Por lo tanto, esta investigación examina la ciudad de Kermanshah, para entender el vínculo entre las transformaciones urbanas y sociales debido al proceso de modernización. Trazando la ciudad, históricamente, desde su forma tradicional, como prototipo de la llamada ciudad islámica, hasta la dinastía Pahlavi (1925-1979) y después de la revolución islámica en 1979. Nos enfocaremos, particularmente, en estudiar las etapas de la transformación urbana y los cambios de la morfología urbana, así como los conflictos y diferencias entre las características urbanas tradicionales y las modernas. En otras palabras, nos interesa comprender cómo la morfología y la estructura tradicionales de la ciudad, como la zona residencial y comercial, se ven afectadas por símbolos de ambición de desarrollo en cada época, como la apertura de nuevos y amplios bulevares, la intensificación del uso de la tierra, disciplinar el espacio, embellecer la ciudad, etc. Además, queremos rastrear cómo estos cambios influyen en la estructura social a lo largo del tiempo.Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaGuàrdia Bassols, Manuel20182018-04-1320182018-05-18doctoral thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/117639https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-117639reponame:UPCommons. 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