Comparative Analysis of laws related to land Use in the Framework of Multilevel Climatic Governance (Case Study: Qazvin Urban Region)
Subject Areas : The urban environmentmostafa momeni 1 * , naser barakpour 2
1 - Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Arts, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Arts, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Qazvin urban region, Multilevel climate governance, Land Use, Governance by authorities, Laws and regulations,
Abstract :
Urbanization and climate change are two global phenomena and are inherently correlated. Land use, as one of the most important factors in this field, affects climate change in various ways. One way to manage this issue is to use multilevel climate governance, which provides a flexible conceptual framework for understanding the relationship between cities, regions, and national governments related to mitigation and adaptation strategies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the laws related to land use according to the criteria of the governing by authority in the framework of multilevel climate governance in Qazvin urban region. In this study, the method of documentary research and the technique of systematic review of texts and in order to comply with the criteria of the governing by authority and legal materials in the laws and regulations, the comparative-analytical method has been used. In this way, 10 laws regarding the existence of legal articles were evaluated, in which local government officials have been given authority in the field of land use planning. The results of the study indicate that ther are different challenges such as the impact of policies and strategies of development documents on decisions, differences between decisions and upstream documents, differences in the type of reference review and licensing, legal gaps in related laws and inconsistencies in implementation in the field of land use planning in Qazvin urban region, and some decisions are based on less delegated authority at the local level, and the resulting actions are more vulnerable.
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