چكيده به لاتين
As a concequence of the Industrial Evolution and automobiles’ dominance on cities, pedestrians began to be more and more neglected. Automobile, which was supposed to be a tool for a better living, gradually turned into an occupier of most human public spaces. Since about onehundred years ago, alongside with the cars entering urban spaces in Iran, pedestrian platform started being less paid attention to. Old texture of the city Yazd, is one of the most ancient urban cores among Iranian cities. This texture is being the target of outfil development strategies which has caused to a big loss of its residents during recent years and suffers poor urban liveability. Among most influencing factors are automobiles’ access inside the texture, low social security and museum-liked preservations; which in spite of attracting many visitors and tourists, is causing the urban life go weaker and weaker daily. During the time, local residents continued to leave out the fabric for a more modern housing area and therefor, this part of the city is now setteled mainly by immigrants due to its lower prices. The new residents though, come up with less social ties to the place which may eventually lead toward less interest in their social activity and grow crimes. Lack of interest among new residents also drives public spaces quality toward poor situations. The rich architectural, social and structural core of the city is being in a high demand of social life and attention today.
Therefore, with regard to the above, the thesis is compiled in five chapters. The first chapter addresses the general issues of the subject, including the issue's expression, the necessity of the subject, the questions and the goals of the research. In the second chapter, the theoretical foundations of the research have been studied. First, the terminology of keywords such as walkability, urban quality and historical texture preservation has been investigated, then the history of walkability has been discussed, in the following, the concepts related to walkability are explored, with the aim and findings of each one being examined. Then, the definitions of each of the concepts related to the subject are discussed, and finally the indicators of the walkable-neighborhood will be extracted according to the views of the experts. From which the guidelines for designing the walkable-neighborhood have been reached and ultimately reached the theoretical framework of the research. In the third chapter, there has been a review of global experiences in the field of walkability, which includes three examples in the Australia, Denmark and US, and an internal sample in Yazd. Finally, each with extracted indicators is measured from theoretical bases and their walkable-design will be examined. The fourth chapter deals with the study of the neighborhood of Fahadan and finally analyzes the current situation in the neighborhood. In the fifth chapter, we present the design model and also present the goals, strategies and policies to the design of the neighborhood based on the findings of the theoretical foundations of the research.
Ultimately, with the design, efforts have been made to transform Fahadan into a neighborhood that, with its past identity, is able to meet its own needs. The project seeks to respond to some neighborhood needs based on the new definitions of the walkable-neighborhood, which they have achieved through the defined walkability criteria. The design results include: creating an appropriate spatial structure and neighborhood coherence, increasing pedestrian functionality, building a business pole, strengthening social spaces, reviving social activities and creating biking paths, using strategies designed to each has been dealt with.