The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar

Analysis of Urban Design Subjects Associated with the Concept of “Linkage”

https://doi.org/10.22034/bagh.2024.425111.5490
Volume 21, Issue 133
July 2024
Pages 57-64
The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors

Hossein Nourmohammadzad 1
Elahe Zare 2

1 Assistant Professor of Urbanism Department, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University, Iran.

2 Master of Urban Design, Urbanism Department, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University, Iran.

Abstract
Problem statement: Discussion in every discipline starts with a subject. For instance, medicine is associated with the human body, and the concern of physics is motion. Different disciplines also have their own subjects. So far, various definitions have been presented for urban design, and each definition introduces a subject. Urban design is faced with many subjects that indicate a lack of consensus on the subject of urban design. The subject of urban design is often taken from other fields, and fewer efforts have been made to explain the subjects in the scope of urban design. The main question is, what is the subject in urban design that no other profession can claim? By examining the definitions, the subjects were categorized into two groups: linkage and its sub-groups, as well as the constituent components of linkage (city and its components). Based on this, the research question would be: “How can urban design subjects related to the concept of “linkage” be analyzed?”
Research purpose: This study aims to identify the subject and sub-subjects in the field of urban design among the definitions of urban design and then analyze the subjects related to the concept of linkage.
Research method: In this research, quantitative and qualitative content analysis methods were used, and aligned with the general model of linkage theory, the theoretical model of linkage was remodified with the MAXQDA software.
Conclusion: By describing and etymologizing the hidden meanings in the subject words included in the definitions of urban design, it was determined that the subject of urban design is “The network of city linkages”. The “Linkage” network at the first level of the city system is a subject of urban design and a set of “Linkage” networks at lower levels are sub-subjects of it.

Keywords

Aanalysis
Subject
Linkage
Urban design
City
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