Restoration and Sustainable Landscape Design of Pas Qaleh Village - Shemiranat, Tehran- Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Behrang Bahrami
Firoozeh Agha Ebrahimi Samani
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran,Iran.
10.22034/he.2026.561330.1171
Abstract
Rural landscapes are a vital component of the human heritage and the most common type of cultural landscape with special natural and historical values. Living and dynamic systems of rural landscapes represent the knowledge, tradition and culture of indigenous communities and have been created in interaction with the structure of the natural environment. They provide cultural support and ecosystem services for human societies with numerous and multifunctional economic and social benefits. The abandonment and degradation of rural landscapes is affected by human or natural factors, and in Iran in particular, the one-sided attitude of guiding plans, tourism development and the like. The aim of the present research is to investigate the factors of destruction and abandonment of the cultural landscape of villages and to explain the strategies for the protection and restoration of rural landscapes in accordance with the analysis of the structural characteristics of the landscape, environmental potential and limitations of indigenous settlements in the face of new challenges. Also, in this research, which is a fundamental research and was conducted with a descriptive-analytical method, an extensive study of the layers that make up the landscape of the village of Pas-Qale Shemiranat in the southern heights of the Alborz Mountains overlooking and adjacent to the slopes of Tehran was conducted through the analysis of existing plans, surveying, verifying and producing up-to-date information, maps and documents, and the reasons for the destruction of the landscape of this village were explained. One of the innovations of the above research is the research process based on the approach of comprehensive environmental protection, especially the protection and development of the values of the village's natural and cultural heritage. The main result of the above research is to provide sustainable planning and landscape design solutions for the village of Pas Qale in the form of a rural ecomuseum.

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Human Ecology
Volume 4, Issue 13
Winter 2026
Pages 1880-1906