Categorization of various pedestrians, Bam-e-Tehran's as a natural-social walking trail

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University of Tehran, Iran.

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Pathways as one of the striking elements of landscape perceptions play an important role in promoting social and cultural activities in society. Such a role helps the audience perceives the landscape and then saves the collective and individual memories. This way is not merely a route from point 1 to point 2 to go, it goes beyond the elemental role of the origin-destination. Pedestrian pathways present important images of the landscape. The goal of way isn’t only having beginning and destination, but also perception happens on the path and the destination is meant by that.The location and development of the city of Tehran in the range of Alborz Mountains, the historical, natural and topographical potential of this establishment have made these landscape edges play an important role in the interactions of the people with this landscape and formation of its identity. for Tehran. Bam-e-Tehran's pedestrian pathway in the northern part of Tehran's area 1 is one of the most important pedestrian pathway outside the city in the mountainous pure nature that focuses on perception of the nature and the city. This path is a combination of natural and interactive features which has created a communal space that has inherited some parts of its identity from the city and the other parts from nature.in fact it made a connection among the audience's perception, nature and the city. The leading research first reviews the types of pedestrian pathways, its characteristics and perceptions of the users, and then analyzes the landscape layers of Bam-e-Tehran's walking way as a natural-social roadway.

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MANZAR, the Scientific Journal of landscape
Volume 11, Issue 47
June 2019
Pages 14-23

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