An analysis of the global trend of evolutions of the town and country planning in France in the last half century and presenting some suggestions for promotion of its status in Iran

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Many plans, programs and techniques of town and country planning has been used in an irregular and dispersed manner from the beginning of human apparition civilization up to modern times, without citing this concept. But based on the most specialists, the France was the first country which founded the scientific and academic paradigm of town and country planning in the world. Study and analysis of 50 years experiences in France can help efficiently the countries which are still at the beginning of this way or the countries that are in the very first stages.
The main purpose of this article is to review and analyze the historical trend of the evaluations of town and country planning in France. In this research we have used historical case study method to describe and analyze the general status, plans, policies and programs that have been used up to now. The data has been collected by using different sources like official reports of DATAR in France and other books and articles in this area.
At the end, based on a comparative study, we will try to give some suggestions for developing the town and country planning in Iran.

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