Urban Research: Urban Ecological landscape of Tehran

by Behrang Bahrami, and K.V. Aiyanna

Urban ecological systems can link terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas in an ecological approach to landscape planning in urban environment. The experiences and theories demonstrate that ecological patches and corridors play a crucial role in the sustainability of urban environments and their transformations directly influence the ecological functions of the city. Basic Landscape Elements in Tehran concluded natural topographical features or landforms like the mountains, valleys, hills or ridgelines or other features forming distinctive landscape elements which give a sense of place. For ecological network designing in Tehran, applying landscape ecology approach as could be interpreted in urban ecological planning, determining the current situation and analyzing the natural and built elements of the ecological systems of Tehran, applying strategies for structural and functional improvement of natural and built urban ecological systems and finally proposing a ecological model for the application of ecology in landscape scale.