Note; Place Persian text within these tags: 

[style=farsi] [/style]

For example:

[style=farsi]نوشته فارسی را بین این دو تگ بگذارید. [/style]

Will render like this:  نوشته فارسی را بین این دو تگ بگذارید.

This Wiki - brought to you by PlanIran.com - has been created to provide an experimental space for people interested in planning in Iran to brainstorm and collaborate on: 

* A Vision Statement for Iran, and its provinces - چشم انداز

Translations - ترجمه :
* Property Rights Planning and Markets - Managing Spontaneous Cities by Chris Webster and Lawrence Wai-Chung Lai
* The Economics of Planning by Eric Heikkila
* Glendale Urban Design Book
* SmartCode
* Fostering Sustainable Development
* California General Plan Guidelines

Technical Issues
This is a simple wiki.  We are working on ways to improve its operation in a bi-lingual context.  Users need to be aware of issues with:
bi-directional text - تکست دو طرفه
font size - اندازه فونت

Note that other wikis exist to discuss various dimensions of planning (for example:  Planning Wiki).  This wiki is focused on Iran and specific projects that people want collaboration on - help thinking through, etc.  For some topics, it may be preferable to discuss things in the forums.

People are this province’s greatest resource.  The region’s institutions and organizations enable people to reach their full potential, encourage innovation and creativity, and improve cooperation and collaboration between people, firms and the government, both locally and globally.  Government employees are involved in an active partnership with citizens to improve levels of government service and to foster the development of safe, vibrant, prosperous and healthy communities.

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This is too good to be true!  How about switching from left to right?

This is Farsi without HTML tags (Note punctuation is still on right.):

سلام عزیزم.  چه خبر؟ من خوبم.
امیدوارم که تو هم خوبید.

Here we are with Html - bdo tags only, e.g.,

سلام عزیزم.  چه خبر؟ من خوبم.
امیدوارم که تو هم خوبید.

Some English text.

Now, we add a div align tag to get this to move to the right side of screen (Why doesn’t it do this automatically?): 

And back to English, no html.

Umbrella Vision Statements:

Click to see:  Razani Vision | HH Vision | [your vision statement here...]

See also:  Specific Areas of Vision

Note: 
Please feel free to write your own umbrella vision statement for the province:

1.  Register on the site with the link at the top of this webpage
2.  Click on the “Edit” link of this posting
3.  Create a link to your statement by typing the title of your statement within double brackets.  For example, if your title is “Mr. Mohandes’s Vision Statement” you would type the following:

[[Mr. Mohandes's Vision Statement]]

4.  At the bottom of the page, click “Submit”
5.  The edited page will appear.  Click on the new link you created.
6.  Click “Edit” link on that page and start typing in your statement!

* Creating a sense of place, identity and ownership
* Institutional Framework
* Government Excellence
* Urban Vision
* Rural Vision
* Nomadic Vision
* Quality of Life
* Economic Vision
* Environmental Vision
* Safety

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Nomadic Vision

Nomads have always posed a challenge for planners.  This is a unique attribute of Iranian culture, history, soul.  We need a bold vision statement concerning nomads.

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Specific Areas of Vision:
OPTIONAL:  The additional sections below focus on specific areas and provide a specific vision statement for those areas. 

* Creating a sense of place, identity and ownership
* Institutional Framework
* Government Excellence
* Urban Vision
* Rural Vision
* Nomadic Vision
* Quality of Life
* Economic Vision
* Environmental Vision
* Safety

Rural Vision

Our province has a thriving rural community.

A note on rural areas - and the need to support or preserve rural character - if people want urban life, they can go to cities.  Rural character has its own appeal, priorities and emphasis.  Economic integration with nearby urban areas…

Our province “emphasizes mixing land uses, increases the availability of affordable housing by creating a range of housing opportunities in neighborhoods, takes advantage of compact design, fosters distinctive and attractive communities, preserves open space, farmland, natural beauty and critical environmental areas, strengthens existing communities, provides a variety of transportation choices, makes development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective, and encourages community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions.”

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Specific Areas of Vision:
OPTIONAL:  The additional sections below focus on specific areas and provide a specific vision statement for those areas. 

* Creating a sense of place, identity and ownership
* Institutional Framework
* Government Excellence
* Urban Vision
* Rural Vision
* Nomadic Vision
* Quality of Life
* Economic Vision
* Environmental Vision
* Safety

Urban Vision

Urban living....a smart growth approach here...Hmmm.  Let me think.  OK, distill something out of this description of Form Based Code

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Specific Areas of Vision:
OPTIONAL:  The additional sections below focus on specific areas and provide a specific vision statement for those areas. 

* Creating a sense of place, identity and ownership
* Institutional Framework
* Government Excellence
* Urban Vision
* Rural Vision
* Nomadic Vision
* Quality of Life
* Economic Vision
* Environmental Vision
* Safety

Government Excellence

This Province is commited to excellence, innovation, professionalism and service, combined with sound fiscal management, to ensure its prominence in the 15th Century : )

Expertise
We have, and continue to develop our expertise in the management of public services, transport (traffic, congestion, airports, public transport), utilities (electricity, water, gas, telephone, garbage disposal), mail, communications.

Customer Service
We provide efficient, effective, responsive, quality services to all customers internal and external.

Employee Excellence
We recruit, train and retain a superior workforce motivated by challenging assignments, responsibility, accountability, and career opportunities in an atmosphere of inclusion, unity, and collaboration.

Safety
We are committed to a safe workplace, safe work practices and a workforce prepared, equipped, and trained to respond to any challenge or emergency with minimum risk.

Enhancing Communities
We enhance the quality of life in our communities through proactive compliance with environmental regulations, minimizing the negative impact of our operations, greening our infrastructure, allowing passive and active recreation where feasible, and reducing blight on public and private property.

Fiscal
We are committed to the efficient, effective, and fully accountable use of all financial resources and to aggressively pursue and secure new and reliable funding.

Infrastructure
We develop, operate and maintain an effective, safe, and sustainable infrastructure that meets the needs of our customers and improves the quality of life in our communities.

Innovation:
We pursue and foster best practices and institutions in all areas of our operations.  We continually improve by being innovative and encourage experimentation and use of technology.

Ethical
We govern with integrity and transparency and implement reforms that improve the transparency, accountability, fairness and inclusiveness of government agencies, boards and commissions and that minimize “rent-seeking” behavior.

Political & social environment
We have a stable political and social environment, both internally (inter-governmental cooperation on issues, transition of office, consistency in operations, trustworthy authorities) and externally (cooperation with other provinces, jurisdictions and countries, ease of entry and exit into our province, friendly business and travel climate).

Back to:  Umbrella Vision Statement

Specific Areas of Vision:
OPTIONAL:  The additional sections below focus on specific areas and provide a specific vision statement for those areas. 

* Creating a sense of place, identity and ownership
* Institutional Framework
* Government Excellence
* Urban Vision
* Rural Vision
* Nomadic Vision
* Quality of Life
* Economic Vision
* Environmental Vision
* Safety

Institutional Framework

This province works to continuously improve its framework of institutions (systems of rules and sanctions) that create and uphold the agreements and contracts on which its prosperous economy, healthy environment and vibrant society depend.  These institutions foster societal cooperation, continuity, resilience and stability.

Government
Our government works with firms and citizens to continually improve and streamline the laws of this society, creating an ever more stable, coherent, fair, efficient, and usable legal and regulatory framework without over-regulating.* It balances tradition and innovation in lawmaking to develop best practices that are a model for the world.

Private Organizations
Private organizations in Fars Province work together with each other, the government and individuals to develop institutional best practices relating to banking, insurance, real estate, financing, credit, property ownership mechanisms, etc.

Citizens
By and large, the citizens of Fars province are well informed, innovative, ethical, and able to leverage their self-interest for the greater good of the whole.  The customs and manners of the culture continue to clarify the rules of fair, co-operative practices.  Self-respect and respect and admiration for our fellow citizens at every level of society is the norm.

All together, our institutions reinforce each other in a coherent manner to create a stable, secure environment in which citizens take pride in their work and are rewarded for hard work, innovation and honesty.

They increase access to information and reduce transaction costs, thus enabling economic and societal growth and innovation and the expansion of prosperity and health.

Back to:  Umbrella Vision Statement

Specific Areas of Vision:
OPTIONAL:  The additional sections below focus on specific areas and provide a specific vision statement for those areas. 

* Creating a sense of place, identity and ownership
* Institutional Framework
* Government Excellence
* Urban Vision
* Rural Vision
* Nomadic Vision
* Quality of Life
* Economic Vision
* Environmental Vision
* Safety