G. Vahidi Borji, F. Aliakbari,
Volume 28, Issue 2 (12-2018)
Abstract
“The urban researches in Iran aren't applicable to the real challenges of Iran’s cities”. In order to examine the mentioned hypothesis, “existing problems of Iran’s cities” and “Iran’s urban researches” are compared by means of the urban news and research journals. The framework analyze method [a kind of qualitative research method] has been used to analyze the data in the form of axial-thematic codes. The findings showed researches conform to problems approximately 78 percent in themes but the importance and preference of both themes and axial codes in researches differ from existing problems, which indicates some researches don't concern problems.
Saeed Nemati Pour, Mahmoud Ghalehnoee, Mahin Nastaran,
Volume 35, Issue 2 (4-2025)
Abstract
This study presents a critical examination of the status of urban planning as a discipline and profession. The study is comprised of two main sections. The first is a theoretical review of various selective related studies conducted in English-speaking countries, focusing on those from the United Kingdom and the United States. The second is a survey of
61 professional and graduate urban planners in Iran, which was conducted using a non-probability sampling method. The most significant variables examined are the essential skills and competencies of planners, the inclination to pursue the same field of study once more, and the discrepancy between academic education and professional training. In conclusion, the theoretical and survey-based findings are interpreted from sociological, epistemological, and political economy perspectives, and recommendations are provided. This study is distinctive in its use of an interpretive approach to quantitative and qualitative findings, as well as its combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve a form of causality in the issues of the field and profession of planning.
