Su ve kentsel dokular: İran'ın Yezd'in Qanat sistemi ve oluşum süreci

This research has analysed the Qanat system to discern its influence on the formation process of Yazd, Iran. In arid areas where agriculture depends on irrigation, water shortage was one of the main motivations for many innovations, such as the underground watercourse, referred to as the Qanat system. This system played an important role in maintaining and developing civilization on the Iranian plateau [1]. In Yazd, there exist a total of twenty-two Qanats, with only two among them presently retaining water, the Zarch Qanat and the Firozabad Qanat. Regrettably, the remaining twenty Qanats have succumbed to drying up over time [2]. The research has been structured into two primary phases. In the first phase, the study focused on identifying and characterizing the Qanat system. Subsequently, in the second phase, the research has directed a morphological analysis of Yazd. The study has determined the correlations between Yazd's urban configuration and the Qanat system across four distinct scales, the territorial scale, urban scale, urban fabric scale, and building scale. Furthermore, the study has investigated the architectural structures associated with underground watercourses such as cisterns, watermills, and Payabs. The main aim of the research is to recognize the impacts of the Qanat system on the formation process, urban tissue, and architectural characteristics of Yazd. This research has exposed the significant attributes of the Qanat system and illuminated their complex interaction with the formation process of Yazd, Iran.