Mirmoghtadaee, Mahta (2016) Challenges of Transit Oriented Development in Iran. The Need for a Paradigm Shift. TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment. pp. 35-46. ISSN 1970-9870
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Abstract
Transit oriented development (TOD) has gained popularity as a means to address urbanization problems such as traffic congestion, air pollution and affordable housing strategies. It simply refers to integration of urban development and public transportation facilities, together with some other characteristics such as “intensified land uses near TOD stations”, “landownership and car-ownership variety”, mixed use, “lower car dependency”, compact form, mass transit stations, open spaces, walkability, etc. The major contention of this paper is to discuss the general concept of TOD, its benefits and challenges in Iranian urban context. It is discussed here that TOD has several positive outcomes considering the existing urbanization trends in Iran. It may be used as a practical instrument to deal with a rapidly urbanizing country in which the motorization rate is increasing and air pollution is a serious cause of human loss of life. However there are several challenges to be faced. The need for an Iranian version of TOD, which re-visits the theory according to local situations, is the first challenge. A paradigm shift in the government, shifting the priority from housing schemes to mass transit systems is the second challenge needed to be taken into consideration. The third challenge is the overlapping and parallel institutions dealing with mass transit systems in urban and regional transportation planning and insufficient planning instruments. The integrated transportation and urban planning system is necessary here, and there is an urgent need to develop national TOD guidelines with the potential to develop local versions for each city.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Special issue 2016, Transit-Oriented Development in Iran: Challenges and Solutions |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Transit oriented development, Iran, challenges, paradigm shift |
| Subjects: | 700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) > 711.2 Pianificazione a livello internazionale e nazionale 700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) > 711.7 Infrastrutture per i trasporti |
| Depositing User: | Rosa Anna La Rocca |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2016 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2016 09:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15490 |
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