Mahyar Arefi: 2 books
Deconstructing Placemaking
Needs, Opportunities, and Assets
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
A new taxonomy of placemaking is needed; concerns have been expressed about the professionalization of placemaking through the proliferation of standards, zoning codes, and restrictive covenants. "Place matters" has become a mantra in many disciplines - architecture, urban planning and...
Learning from Informal Settlements in Iran
Models, Policies, Processes, and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
This book explores the tenacity of Iran’s informal settlements against the backdrop of the World Bank’s USD 80 million loan for physical upgrading. Arefi seeks to identify and unravel the distinctive models, policies, processes, and outcomes associated with it, and explains why—despite obvious...