Citizens' Participation in Urban Planning and Development in Iran

<p>During recent years the topic of participation has increasingly been gaining importance in Iran - in the scientific field in practice and rhetoric. However in current scientific literature - and especially in English literature - there is little knowledge on the conditions legal background perceptions experiences and processes of citizens' participation in Iran.</p><p>This book aims to shed light on the paradoxical question of participation in Iran: it is old and new dysfunctioning and functioning disappointing and promising. This slippery status of participation convinces scholars to suggest contradictory interpretations and understandings about the existence functionality and potentiality of this concept. The book therefore shows the different perspectives interpretations historical developments and case studies of participation in Iran thus giving the reader a kaleidoscope view on the question of participation in Iran.</p>