Towards Defining a General Process for Examining the Production of Urban Space

This research seeks to answer what process should be done for a comprehensive analysis and s tudy of producing urban space. The research method of the present s tudy is influenced by the qualitative nature of the research ques tion and to explain a conceptual framework. It has been prepared based on the analytical-descriptive method and sources. Data collection was done by documentary and library methods, and a three-s tep process was performed. In the firs t s tage, document analysis and direct observation of urban spaces and review of some of the lates t research and global experiences of urban space production have been used, which makes the reliability and validity of the research guaranteed by triangulation of evidence sources. In the second s tage, an analytical framework related to producing and reproducing urban space, which includes four general layers, has been developed by summarizing and analyzing them. Then, in the third s tage, the sub-layers of this framework with emphasis on power relations (influence) of related actors have been refined, and the proposed model of space production has been developed. The production and reproduction of space in the city consis t of ۴ layers. These four s tages mus t be examined to s tudy the production or reproduction of a specific area. ۱-Geographical context (natural context), ۲-Time, ۳-Formal urban planning sys tem, ۴-Social organization or networks of actors (or s takeholders). In this s tudy, a model for s tudying the production of different urban spaces has been proposed from the collection of findings and analyses.

Keywords:

Space production , space production process , Urban space , Lefebvre , space production layers