Dianati, V;
Turcu, C;
(2023)
Place (un)making through soft urban densification: exploring local experiences of density and place attachment in Tehran.
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
, 15
(1)
pp. 63-79.
10.1080/19463138.2023.2184825.
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Abstract
The relationship between urban density and social conditions in urban areas has received increasing attention in recent research. However, there is a lack of understanding of the dynamics between urban densification and these social conditions from a place-specific perspective, taking into account the institutional, socio-cultural, and contextual complexities. This paper seeks to enhance this understanding by unpacking the relationship between soft densification and place attachment in Tehran, Iran. The paper develops a framework for studying ‘soft densification’ as a process of incremental place change by prioritising local knowledge. The findings suggest that soft densification impacts place attachment by disrupting the everyday functionality of place, eroding its physical characteristics, erasing some of its collective and personal memories, and altering its socio-demographic structure. The paper highlights the importance of thinking ‘procedurally’ and ‘topologically’ about urban densification and calls for incorporating local knowledge and experiences into policy planning and urban decision-making.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Place (un)making through soft urban densification: exploring local experiences of density and place attachment in Tehran |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1080/19463138.2023.2184825 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2023.2184825 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Density, urban transformation, soft densification, place attachment, social sustainability, Tehran, qualitative interviews |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167353 |
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