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Persian Paradises at PerilParadisiacal Streams

Persian Paradises at Peril: Paradisiacal Streams [For several centuries before Safavid’s rule (1501–1722), the water canal (mâdi) was used to convey water from the Zâyanderud RiverZâyanderud River to agricultural land in the periphery of the city of IsfahanIsfahan Historic City. When IsfahanIsfahan Historic City was designated as the new capital at the end of sixteenth century AD, water canals played a key role in shaping the historic landscape of the city. Urban extensionUrban Extensionsof IsfahanIsfahan Historic City thus developed around two major axes: a north–south axis in form of the designed Châhâr-bâghChâhâr-bâgh Historic Boulevard Boulevard and an organic east–west axis developed around Zâyanderud RiverZâyanderud River and its branching water canals (mâdis), such as the Shâyej waterway which fed another Safavid development—the Jolfâ Quarters that was originally developed on the south of the river for accommodating Armenian migrants. This research tries to understand these two important urban elements in light of the definitions of UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)Recommendation on HistoricUrban LandscapesHistoric Landscapehistoric urban landscape (HUL) (2011). Theoretical analyses and a survey of the existing literature are used to define key data layers for historic, cultural, social, economic and environmental values. These value layers are mapped in a Geographic Information System. As a result, the key features of Châhâr-bâghChâhâr-bâgh Historic Boulevard Boulevard are redefined as HULHistoric Landscapehistoric urban landscape (HUL) elements; and the interventions in this Boulevard made with the intention of conservation are re-evaluated on this basis. The analysis of the Shâyej mâdis and Jolfâ historic quarters on the other hand, demonstrates the three main roles mâdis played in Safavid IsfahanIsfahan Historic City: as a critical component of the Safavid urban infrastructure; as generators of urban form in planned urban expansions; and as the main urban landscape elements in public spaces.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Persian Paradises at PerilParadisiacal Streams

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Fardanesh, Farzin; Arefian, Fatemeh Farnaz
Chitsazzadeh, Elnaz; Farahani, Zahra
Persian Paradises at Peril — Mar 31, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-62549-8
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105 –131
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10.1007/978-3-030-62550-4_6
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Abstract

[For several centuries before Safavid’s rule (1501–1722), the water canal (mâdi) was used to convey water from the Zâyanderud RiverZâyanderud River to agricultural land in the periphery of the city of IsfahanIsfahan Historic City. When IsfahanIsfahan Historic City was designated as the new capital at the end of sixteenth century AD, water canals played a key role in shaping the historic landscape of the city. Urban extensionUrban Extensionsof IsfahanIsfahan Historic City thus developed around two major axes: a north–south axis in form of the designed Châhâr-bâghChâhâr-bâgh Historic Boulevard Boulevard and an organic east–west axis developed around Zâyanderud RiverZâyanderud River and its branching water canals (mâdis), such as the Shâyej waterway which fed another Safavid development—the Jolfâ Quarters that was originally developed on the south of the river for accommodating Armenian migrants. This research tries to understand these two important urban elements in light of the definitions of UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)Recommendation on HistoricUrban LandscapesHistoric Landscapehistoric urban landscape (HUL) (2011). Theoretical analyses and a survey of the existing literature are used to define key data layers for historic, cultural, social, economic and environmental values. These value layers are mapped in a Geographic Information System. As a result, the key features of Châhâr-bâghChâhâr-bâgh Historic Boulevard Boulevard are redefined as HULHistoric Landscapehistoric urban landscape (HUL) elements; and the interventions in this Boulevard made with the intention of conservation are re-evaluated on this basis. The analysis of the Shâyej mâdis and Jolfâ historic quarters on the other hand, demonstrates the three main roles mâdis played in Safavid IsfahanIsfahan Historic City: as a critical component of the Safavid urban infrastructure; as generators of urban form in planned urban expansions; and as the main urban landscape elements in public spaces.]

Published: Mar 31, 2021

Keywords: Heritage canals; Isfahan; Historic urban landscape; mâdi; Jolfâ Quarters; Zâyanderud River

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