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Extended Abstract
Introduction: The obligation to industrial development within the framework of modernization theory in Iran has been accompanied by numerous challenges and has existed along a continuum, from obligation to development to development and conflict. On the other hand, the process of industrialization in Iran has varied across provinces based on local conditions and temporal-spatial coordinates. In Yazd, with its lifestyle, which is characterized by hard work and a production-oriented approach, this issue has led to flourishing of local industry. Government interventions during the post-revolutionary period have had unintended consequences, which have resulted in multiple narratives of industrial development with specific outcomes. The aim of this research is to investigate the nature of the development pattern in Yazd based on the traditional-interventionist contrast of industrial development in this region.
Method: The method used in this research is qualitative ethnographic approach. Data collection was carried out through interviews, and the data analysis method was content analysis. The sample studied in this study consisted of 12 experts and Yazd specialists, selected through purposive sampling. The reliability of the research was established in terms of validity, transferability, and confirmability.
Findings: The research findings indicate an unbalanced pattern of industrial development in Yazd, which has created a specific lived experience and can be categorized into three patterns. The first pattern is “an industrial development pattern compatible with Yazd’s lifestyle”, which has features such as “Karizi” civilization, the “Hanasabi” industry, the confectionery industry, textiles, poetry weaving, weaving wealth, “cashmere”, and compatible industries on a workshop scale. The second pattern is “a borrowing industrial development pattern with rentier interventions” in steel, tile, mine, and capital- and water-intensive industries, associated with conflicting backgrounds such as excessive immigration, uncontrolled expansion of profitable polluting industries, and the growth of consumer culture. The third pattern, “the model of commitment to sustainable industrial development”, aligns with Yazd’s global registration. This model, which reflects a rethinking of industrial development and territorial planning, is expected to prevent the negative consequences of borrowed development and to offer a clear perspective for industrial progress. These three axes have been built around the fundamental concept of “pendulum industrial development”.
Conclusion: The nature of industrial development in Yazd, rooted in Iran’s industrial development model but with some specific features, has been able to create a unique development experience. However, the development perspective in Yazd in the form of “pendulum industrial development” suggests conflicts, fluctuating between the existence of water-intensive industries, tourism and transformation industries. |