Iran Nezam Urban Planning Exam study plan

Build a one-page concept map linking 20 core urban design theories (e.g., Lynch's imageability, Alexander's pattern language, Jacobs' diversity generators, Hillier's space syntax, Gehl's life-between-buildings) to the design decision each one informs

List 15 Iranian statutory instruments affecting urban development (urban development plans, comprehensive and detailed plans, construction regulations, council approvals, renovation and improvement legislation) and annotate each with its issuing authority and the level of plan it governs

Summarize in writing the legal hierarchy from national legislation down to detailed plan approval, identifying which body approves what

Solve 20 practice items on design theory and Iranian planning law, and log every wrong answer with the reason it was wrong

Compare three urban design frameworks (physical-form based, process-based, performance-based) in a written table covering their criteria, strengths and typical failure modes

Trace the historical evolution of Iranian urban planning from pre-modern city organization through the first comprehensive plans to current plan revision practice, noting dates and the problems each reform addressed

Analyze a real Iranian neighborhood's spatial structure using Lynch's five elements and one additional analytical lens, and write up findings

Draft 10 original exam-style questions on domains 1 and 3 with answer keys and justifications

Construct a timeline of major planning movements (Garden City, City Beautiful, modernist CIAM, post-war new towns, advocacy planning, new urbanism, smart growth, transit-oriented development) with each movement's core claim and its main critique

Explain land rent theory, bid-rent curves and highest-and-best-use logic, and apply them to explain observed land value gradients in a city you know

Distinguish the main instruments of land value capture and public land allocation, and describe their legal basis in the Iranian context

Compute a simple feasibility check for a hypothetical development: land cost, density, infrastructure cost and residual value

Map the standard urban land-use categories against Iranian plan zoning practice and note where classifications diverge

Model a four-step transport demand sequence (trip generation, distribution, mode choice, assignment) on a small synthetic dataset and interpret the outputs

Compare road-hierarchy design and public-transport priority measures, stating the capacity and right-of-way assumptions behind each

Evaluate parking policy, congestion management and street-network connectivity metrics as planning tools

Assemble a methods toolkit sheet: population projection, employment projection, land demand estimation, thresholds and standards, and multi-criteria evaluation, each with when to use it and its limits

Perform a spatial analysis exercise in GIS software covering buffering, overlay, network distance and accessibility measurement

Build a suitability analysis for a chosen facility type using weighted overlay, and document the weight choices and their justification

Critique the assumptions behind a standards-based (per-capita) planning approach versus a demand-based approach

Apply environmental impact assessment screening and scoping logic to a hypothetical urban project and list the key impact categories

Explain the principles of sustainable urban form (compactness, mixed use, density thresholds, green infrastructure) and identify the trade-offs each creates

Outline the main sociological perspectives on urban life (community, social capital, segregation, gentrification) and connect each to a planning response

Design a community participation process for a plan revision: identify stakeholders, methods, timing and how input is documented and fed back

Write out the core professional and ethical obligations of the planner: conflict of interest, competence limits, public interest duty, confidentiality and honest reporting of analysis

Resolve three constructed ethical dilemmas in writing, stating the competing obligations and the defensible course of action

Explain practice management essentials: scope definition, contract and fee structures, quality control, record keeping and liability exposure

Review infrastructure planning interfaces between transport, water, wastewater and energy networks, and identify coordination failures common in plan implementation

Take two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them by domain

Re-teach the three weakest domains from your error log without consulting notes, then verify against source material

Consolidate all reference sheets into a single indexed review packet organized by domain weight

Recite from memory the legal hierarchy, the planning-movement timeline and the transport model steps