Print version: Esfanjary, Eisa Persian Historic Urban Landscapes Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2017 ISBN 9781474412780
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Part I Conceptual Framework -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Intellectual Boundaries: Developing Conservation Consciousness towards the Historic Urb -- CHAPTER THREE Urban Morphology -- PART II Case Study: Maibud (Meybod) -- CHAPTER FOUR Maibud’s Historic Urban Landscape -- CHAPTER FIVE Town Plan -- CHAPTER SIX Building Type and Layering Processes -- CHAPTER SEVEN Materiality -- PART III Synthesis -- CHAPTER EIGHT Interpretations and Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Persian cities are part of a corridor of civilisation with settlements straddling thousands of years. Taking Maibud as a case study, Eisa Esfanjary traces the evolution of ancient settlements chronologically, thematically and methodologically..