Abstract
Population increase in Iranian cities in recent decades and insufficient pattern in urban development plans have led to uncontrolled construction causing poor living conditions, pollution, and high energy consumption. This research is mostly discussing the importance of implementing roof garden projects in 6th region of Shiraz, Iran and how it could lead to higher quality in life standards specially after starting recent pandemic. This region is mostly considered as a commuter district and residential land use dominate the highest percentage of the whole area; however, it is suffering from the lack of the neighborhood parks, playgrounds and adequate urban spaces. Roof gardening benefits residents to spend their pleasure time and communicate with each other, providing food by rooftop farming, controlling temperature, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement and even reducing the urban heat island which would decrease smog episodes, problems associated with heat stress and further lower energy consumption. The methodology adopted here is expressing descriptive and comparative information from different sources and documentaries to reveal the tensions of this situation. GIS, AutoCAD and other graphical software have been used as well to integrate this lecture and make it more illustrative.
Presenters
Sepideh AziziStudent, Urban Planning, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States
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KEYWORDS
Post-Pandemic Sustainability, Urban development, Roof gardening, Energy consumption
