Green Infrastructure 2014 Group C - Case Study 2

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Green Infrastructure of City river (shahar chay) in urban district, Iran

Name	city river (shahar chay)
Country	Iran
City	Urmia
Authors	Bahman Nahri

Rationale: Why is this case interesting?

The river Shahar chay is one of the most important seven rivers that flows to the Urmia lake and flows from west to east of the city and passes through the city, and gives a wonderful view to the city and of course one of the determinant elements to landscape-architecture. Fortunately most of the river coast was built by government and has a nice view but some parts are still untouched and can be designed to increase green/blue places all along the city, while the population of is increasing every day and we need more green place to play and recreation.

Author's perspective

Urmia is the capital of West Azerbaijan Province and located along the Shahar chay ( city river ) on the city plain, the river plays important role in aesthetic aspect of the city but because of the Shahar chay dam, it does drains some seasons of the year. Lake Urmia lies to the east of the city with the mountainous Turkish border to the west and the lake suffers the same problem of drainage. The most important thing that I like about this site is: The water and green elements are together and can be well utilized and organized to propose the city a good look, and as far as the population and traffic is increasing day to day so we need more green place to reduce pollution and create a place for people to spend their leisure time there.

Landscape and/or urban context of your case

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Green Infrastructure benefits for this site

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Potential for multifunctionality

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Summary and conclusion

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