Urban Structure in Hot Arid Environments (eBook)

Part I: Influence of Historical Factors.- Ancient City Structure and its Transformation in Islamic Period.- Urban Structure in Islamic Territories.- Iranian Cities in Islamic Period, the Middle Ages.- Research Domain.- The Elements of Urban Structure.- Neighborhood and Neighborhood centers.- Mosques, Tombs and Musallas.- Public Spaces.- Bazaar.- Citadel.- Qanat, Garden.-Typical Historical Cities.- Yazd.- Nain.- Zaware.- Tabas.- Semnan.- Kashan.- Shiraz.- Birjand and Anarak.- Tehran.-  Part II: Influence of Climatic Factors.- Urban Form and Architecture in the Hot Arid Zone of Iran.-  Research Domain.- Climatic Structure of the City and the Old Part.- Urban Blocks, Courtyard houses, and Orientation.- Wind catcher, Wind energy.- Organic Unity between Urban and Architectural Elements: Urban Blocks, Courtyard Houses, Ivan, Dome and Wind catcher.- Dome.- Form and function of wind catcher and air vent to ventilate public and private urban elements.- Houses, water reservoirs, caravanserais and mosques.- Uniting the parts: courtyard, summer area including ivan, wind catcher, basement, and winter area into a whole complex: a house.- Part III: Case Studies.- Utilization of Natural Energy.- Research Domain.-Basic Problems.- Case Study 1.- Urban Design in the Inner Core of the Historic City of Yazd.- Case Study 2.- Urban Design Kargar Street Tehran.- Case Study 3.- Redesign of Hasan Abad Square Tehran.- Case Study 4.- Experimentation of new forms of Urban Block.- Appendix A: Climatic characteristics and classification of Iran, studies of the hot arid zone.-  Appendix B: Scientific consideration, a comparative study between Phoenix Arizona and Yazd Iran.- Appendix C: Overheated period in Yazd.- Notes.- Glossary.- Index.