resilience Informal settlements in Tehran conurbation: What happens to their resilience when they are formalised? Solmaz Hosseinioon Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne 1

Resilience and adaptation  Complex adaptive systems  Adaptive Capacity: Rapid growth and exploitation Conservation Collapse or release(creative destruction) Renewal or reorganization  Main resilience attributes  Urban Resilience and adaptation  Urban design and Resilience 2

Location of the case study: Golestan in Tehran conurbation Tehran Golestan 3

4 In Process of formalization (15-5 years old) Informal (20-25 years old) Formally built (5-7 years old) Soltanabad Feshargavi Golestan Effects of formalization by urban upgrading regulations on three neighbourhoods in different phases of formalization

5 Urban design study : morphology, life in public spaces,…

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