Safety

Our province has world-class institutions and organizations that effectively reduce the potential risk of death, injuries, property damage and economic and social dislocation resulting from natural and man-made hazards. 

*Natural hazards include earthquakes, landslides, floods, fires, climate, epidemics and other hazards. 
*Man-made hazards relate to: 
**land use (building and road safety, emergency response, airport land use, hazardous materials spills and waste management, water potability, sewage...);
**social issues (law enforcement and crime reduction, health care, poverty...); and
**political issues (political stability, refugee issues, due process, relationship with other countries, human rights...).

We have invested in safety and risk analysis and have a clear understanding of the priorities and range of issues for our province.  We have invested in quality infrastructure and preventative measures.  We have the best safety codes in the world; they are effective in minimizing risk without reducing economic value.  In fact, they add to the economic value of property by ensuring a stable, safe and attractive investment environment.  The relationship between safety and property value is well defined and understood, and costs for implementing safety measures in society are allocated in ever more beneficial and sustainable ways.

Our citizens, private and public organizations and government continually improve their effectiveness, cooperation and coordination on issues related to safety and risk reduction.  Roles and web hosting procedures are well defined and rehearsed.  We have a qualified network of dedicated emergency professionals, respected and admired, who rise to every occassion to meet emergency needs.  A large portion of our ordinary citizens are also well educated and trained in emergency issues and procedures and are able to get involved on a volunteer basis when the need arises.  We all feel more secure knowing that competent help is usually very close at hand. 

Public Works and Safety Codes: 
(process?  see also KB Government Excellence

Specific Areas of Vision:

* Overview
* 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

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. Mohandess 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