Two Hundred Years As Capital

Instructor: Leslie Quitzow

TEHRAN

Presenter: Hoda Nabavi

Date: 16 Dec 2010

General Information Two Hundred Years As Capital

population

TEHRAN

Urban Growth

Transportation

Migration

Air Pollution

Location
Central location in Iran Area: ~780 km2 Population: ~ 8 milion

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

Based on Atlas of Tehran metropolis(2005)

Municipal districts of Tehran 22 Districts

22 Districts
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Based on Atlas of Tehran metropolis(2005)

Districts

Geography
Mountain in
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North

Urban Growth 5 canal Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

from north to south

Green spaces: 13%

Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Geography

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Canals Mountains

Economy

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commercial heart of Iran > 17,000 industrial units ( ~26% of all units of Iran)

Province: 30% of Iran's economy, Transportation 40% comprises of Iran's consumer market Air pollution

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

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1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1941 1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1956
1941 1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1966

1956
1941 1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1976 1966

1956
1941 1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1986 1976 1966

1956
1941 1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
Year Area (hectare) 1921 720 1941 4500 1956 10000 1966 19000 1976 32000 1986 62000 1996 73950 2006 80000

Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

1996 1986 1976 1966

1956
1941 1921 1891
Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Spatial Growth
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Migration

Population Growth

Migration Main reaeons of migration to tehran:

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Choosing Tehran as a Capital Economic growth & new occupation opportunities Iran-Iraq War
Population growth due to migration: 1986-1996: 0/51 % 1996-2006: 0.73 %
Iranian Statistics Center, ( 2006)

Spatial Growth
Genral info Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

Migration

Population Growth

segregation

Population growth

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1955-2006: ~ X 5

Iranian Statistics Center, ( 2006)

Population Density

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Iranian Statistics Center, ( 2006)

Female

Male

Population density in the center & historical part

Education

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Iranian Statistics Center, ( 2006)

Uneducated

Educated

The center for higher education in Iran

Many students come to Tehran from other cities

Population growth

Employment

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Employed

Urban Growth Migration Population Transportation Air pollution

Iranian Statistics Center, ( 2006)

Unemployed Student

Revenue without work

Housekeeper Indeterminate works

Commercial & industrial heart of Iran

Occupation opportunity

Population growth

Population Growth

Car production ++
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Public Transportation needs++ Uses of private car ++

Highways and main roads

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Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

incontinuity of network..

Networks: 2300 Km

Public Transportation
Including Taxi, Bus, Subway & Minibus
Metro lines

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Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Scant metro lines & stations inappropriate Distribution of lines

Traffic
Lack of infrastructure Capacity of network Lack of public Genral info transportation system educational, industrial Urban Growth and commercial center Population density Migration
Population Transportation Air pollution
School bus & services Motorcycl e Others 1%

Truck

Tehran Master Plan, ( 2006-2007)

Population growth
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Increasing private cars

Traffic

Population Transportation Air pollution

Air pollution

Air pollution

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Clean air (2009): 46 days in year
www.Tehran.ir Sources of Emissions
Proportion of air pollutants (PM10)

In industrial countries: 20-35%

mobile (traffic) sources the stationary (industrial commercial, residential)

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Traffic Management Public Transportation Fuel Quality Training and public awareness

strategies

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Improve public Transportation Public education and awareness To reach productions of car factories to standard of air pollution Implementation the all existing vehicles to reach standard levels of air pollution To force the implementation of the laws and regulations.

References
Tehran Municipality, Tehran master plan, (2005-2006) Tehran GIS, (2008), Demographic atlas of Tehran M. Habibi , B. Hourcade. (2005) Atlas of Tehran Metropolis, Tehran: Urban Planning & Processing Company, Tehran GIS Centre, Tehran Municipality Iranian Statistics Center, ( 2006) Tehran municipality Portal: www.Tehran.ir Tehran SDI Portal: www.sdi.Tehran.ir

Thank you for your attention!