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    Resilience versus formalisation in the informal city: case study, the city of Golestan
    Hosseinioon, Solmaz ( 2015)
    This thesis is a study of the formalisation of informal settlements within a framework of resilience thinking with a focus on urban design scales and outcomes. Resilience is a framework for dealing with uncertainty and adaptation in complex developments. The thesis studies the effects of the urban formalizing processes in relation to resilience and adaptation capacities. It traces the transformations imposed by urban upgrading regulations by comparing three neighbourhoods in different phases of formalisation in Golestan, Tehran. Informal settlements have become an important part of urbanity due to rapid urbanization, lack of access to affordable housing, disasters, civil wars and climate change. These settlements have taken shape since the 1960s in Iran. Socio-political events as well the modernization process has exacerbated their formation ever since. This research is an urban design study on the effects of formalisation of informal settlements in Tehran, Iran. It will trace the process of change imposed by upgrading urban regulations and how it has affected their adaptation capacities. Resilience and complex adaptive systems as well as assemblage theories and their related concepts will be used as toolkits to conduct this research. The study will be conducted as a multiple case study inquiry on informal settlements in Tehran conurbation. Three case studies are chosen for this study: Soltanabad, where formalisation pricess is recently initiated, Feshargavi, where fast changes are in progression and New Golestan, which is a formally planned area. Drawing on methodological concepts, different techniques will be applied to collect and analyse qualitative data. Archival research, mapping, observation, and interview as well as document analysis are the main methods will employ in this research. This research will contribute to present new perspectives on effects of formalisation process as an agent of change on resilience of these areas.