Analyzing the Ineffectiveness of Intervention and Deterioration in the Heritage Area of Shiraz City

Problem Statement: Heritage areas in most cities of Iran, contrary to the values hidden in them, do not respond to the needs of their main residents today, and for this reason, they face the phenomenon of inefficiency and decline. The interventions carried out in the name of improvement, renovation or regeneration are also sometimes through the destruction and abandonment of valuable buildings, placing the area in the service of profit and commodification of space, unwanted displacement of people, widespread dissatisfaction of residents (people), weakening and evacuation of local communities, creating abandoned spaces and indecisiveness and occurrence of social damage have intensified this deterioration. The ups and downs of the 378-hectare heritage area of Shiraz city and the possible damages caused to it due to numerous restoration, renovation and improvement projects, contrary to the goals and policies of the previous programs, have caused the erosive process of destroying the physical and semantic values of this historical-cultural place.The present article aims to explain the factors of inefficiency and deterioration of heritage areas in the heritage area of Shiraz as a study example. In this research, in the framework of the qualitative research model and comparative approach, the required data has been collected by conducting in-depth interviews with the critics and followers of these interventions And based on thematic analysis technique, it has been coded and analyzed based on the six-step approach of Brown and Clark .Based on the findings of the research, four main drivers and motivators including commodification and gentrification, the existence of power relations and networks (conflict of interests), networked urban corruption and weak Consciousness and local (urban) identity was identified as the main factors of the deterioration of the heritage area and the inefficiency of the interventions. Finally, a causal model containing the roots and consequences of the identified drivers named nested model of deterioration and inefficiency of intervention in heritage areas was compiled and proposed.