Developing a new paradigm for performance of educating city theory in advanced technology mega-cities, case: Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Considering the growth of the world’s population and the need for educated individuals, the development of technology among the young generation, is now felt more than ever. This issue offers countless opportunities for education. So, many urban managers and city authorities try to consider all available options to achieve this goal. Nowadays, educating cities are the framework for development on local, civil and commercial levels all over the world. Tehran as the capital of Iran is a city where people with different cultures and expectations live. This means that the city authorities must perform various programs to satisfy people’s expectations, thus the role of urban management is extremely valuable, and MPOs must make intelligent decisions in this area. The goal of this paper is to examine the current state of Tehran and the projects related to its potential as an educating city in recent years, and also to evaluate the capability of Tehran to advance to the state of the educating city. The key question is: “How does Tehran fulfill the prerequisites of the principles for educating cities?” And “Which criteria need to be reconsidered for this purpose?” The results of the research show that Tehran has a lots of obstacles had yet to be overcome to meet Educating City goals and objectives.

Keywords:

• educating cities
• Tehran
• citizenship

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Notes on contributors

Masoome Amini

MASOOME AMINI

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

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Masoome Amini is a PhD student in Tarbiat Modares University and teaching architecture in university. Her research interests focus on the interactive architecture and historical researches about Iranian buildings with specific emphasis on the interrelationships between culture, society, and architecture.

Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad

MOHAMMADJAVAD MAHDAVINEJAD

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

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Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad is assistant professor in the faculty of art and architecture at the Tarbiat Modares University, and is Representative of Faculty of Arts and Architecture at HSE (Health, Security and Environment) Council of Tarbiat Modares University. His research interests focus on the New Technologies for Architecture and Iranian contemporary architecture.

Mohammad Reza Bemanian

MOHAMMAD REZA BEMANIAN

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

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Mohammad Reza Bemanian is professor in the faculty of art and architecture at Tarbiat Modares University and is the head of department of architecture in Tarbiat Modares University (2007 till now). His Research Interests are in the case of wisdom of art, Islamic architecture and urbanism, criticism and theory of architecture and urbanism, building tech and management, urban management and high-rise buildings.

Elham Hatami Varzaneh

ELHAM HATAMI VARZANEH

Faculty of Art and Architecture, Khorasgan Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]

Elham Hatami Varzaneh is M.A in architecture. She is teaching in this field for 7 years, and her research interests focus on the sustainable design and traditional architecture.