Post on 12-Jan-2016
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Informal settlements in Tehran conurbation:What happens to their resilience when they
are formalised?
Solmaz Hosseinioon Melbourne School of Design,
University of Melbourne
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Resilience and adaptation
Complex adaptive systems
Adaptive Capacity:• Rapid growth and exploitation• Conservation• Collapse or release(creative destruction)• Renewal or reorganization
Main resilience attributes Urban Resilience and adaptation Urban design and Resilience
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Location of the case study: Golestan in Tehran conurbation
Tehran
Golestan
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In Process of formalization (15-5 years old)
Informal (20-25 years old)
Formally built (5-7 years old)
Soltanabad Feshargavi Golestan
Effects of formalization by urban upgrading regulations on three neighbourhoods in different phases of formalization
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Urban design study : morphology, life in public spaces,…
6Solmaz.hosseinioon@gmail.com
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