FIVE IRANIAN GOOD PRACTICES ON URBAN REGENERATION

• Upgrading historical sites of Naraq city, Central province, 1

• Sahlabad neighborhood development, Shiraz, Fars province 2

• Empowerment of communities in Ardekan city historical sites, Yazd province

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• Project for upgrading Valiasr Street, Lashkarabad neighborhood, Tehran 4

• Incorporating social enagement in physical development plan of Vandej village, Tehran

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By: Dr Simin Hanachi

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DOCUMENTATION

REPLICATION AND UP SCALING

PARTICIPATORY

BASIC DEFINITIONS

DOCUMENTATION

ORGANIZED REGISTRATION OF EVENTS AND OUTCOME OF ALL PHASES OF ACTIONS BY ALL PROGRAMME INTERVENING PARTNERS USING

APPROPRIATE TOOLS FOR RETRIEVAL AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND TRANSFER

BASIC DEFINITIONS

REPLICATION AND UP SCALING

ABILITY TO TRANSFER AND REPLICATE SUCCESSFUL MODELS FROM ONE TIME AND

PLACE TO ANOTHER WITH APPROPRIATE MODIFICATION TO FIT THE NEW SITUATIION

BASIC DEFINITIONS

PARTICIPATORY

ACTIVE ROLE BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN RELATION TO OTHER PARTNERS IN ALL STAGES OF ACTION, IN ORDER THAT EACH ACTIVIST IS

ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO HIS/HER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

DOCUMENTATION

Flexibility using appropriate and relevant methods

Timing and implementation phases

Overall structure and components, using urban relevant tools

Meaningful order

Well Organized

Easily accessible and lends itself to continuous updating

DOCUMENTATION

Publication of products and outputs

Clear lines of responsibility for different sectors of documentation

Time bound and local specific

Transparency in listing of income and expenditure

List of responsible professionals

REPLICATION AND UP SCALING

Common themes

Common vision and goals

Geographic area

Cultural sphere

Commonality in scale

REPLICATION AND UP SCALING

Size of target community

Continuity

Self-reliant and spontaneous growth

Can be tested on small scale

PARTICIPATORY

Defining roles based on capabilities

inter-sectoral

Multi-stakeholder partnerships

Knowledge based

PARTICIPATORY

Continuity

Self sufficiency

Transfer of power and authority

Learning

Upgrading historical sites of Naraq city, Central province,

Sahlabad neighborhood development, Shiraz, Fars province

Empowerment of communities in Ardekan city historical sites, Yazd

province

Incorporating social enagement in physical development plan of Vandej

village, Tehran