Applying the principles governing the traditional neighborhood development (TND) approach in the Islamic Iranian city Study sample: Fahadan neighborhood of Yazd city

The TND approach has concepts with the aim of raising the quality of life and strengthening and improving the physical space of the neighborhood, increasing social interactions and improving the sense of place and economic self-reliance. Iranian-Islamic urban planning, like its origins in Islam and Shiite culture, is dynamic and constantly offers new methods to human societies, and is more of a dynamic and comprehensive process to help human beings achieve nearness to God, not a product. Therefore, the conformity of TND principles with Islamic principles and values ​​is quite obvious. The main purpose of this article is to accurately and clearly achieve the principles of Islamic Iranian urban planning as a symbol of indigenous urban planning in comparison with the TND approach that has been considered in recent decades in Western societies. The written sources related to the subject try to present a list of the most important principles and teachings of each approach in the form of specific tables and compare them if necessary or at the end. Criteria and indicators of TND approach, differences and commonalities between them are analyzed and based on such an analogy, the suggested teachings of the article are used to plan for the development of the historic and dilapidated neighborhood of New Fahadan in Yazd.  The present study is methodological, descriptive-analytical and applied in terms of targeting. Research data and information have been collected using documentary and field studies. Qualitative data were used by open questionnaire through interviews and document review and quantitative data were prepared numerically by weighting Delphi questionnaires. The findings of this study show that there are few differences and many similarities between the two approaches of TND and Iranian-Islamic urban planning. Reveals their existence and the differences that exist are due to the asymmetry of these two approaches, to put it better, based on the requirements and conditions of the time, these differences are created. To apply the principles obtained in a case study by examining the indicators and analysis of the historic neighborhood and the deterioration of the new Fahadan by SWOT method and analysis and evaluation of internal and external factors through the QSPM matrix to provide strategies for planning the development of the new Fahadan neighborhood In the city of Yazd, based on the principles of Iranian-Islamic urban planning and TND approach. Other results of the study show that 16 strategies extracted from the QSPM matrix have priority for planning for the development of the new Fahadan neighborhood, based on which executive projects can be defined.