LaGeS - Laboratorio di Geografia Sociale, Universita degli Studi di Firenze. Herat Strategic Masterplan: A Vision for the Future

This Masterplan project is the result of a long and intense collaborative relationship between the University of Florence and the University, the Department for Urban Development and the Municipal Council of Herat, set in motion in 2004. In 2011, with the financial support of the Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (DGCS) of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a systematic programme of analysis and planning of the urban area was undertaken, aimed at the formulation of a new strategic Masterplan (SMP) for the city of Herat. This planning approach, far from being based on a static vision of urban space, is an attempt to harness the most significant aspects of change and development, ensuring, at the same time, the deepest consideration of the specific geographic, cultural and social aspects of the area within a multidisciplinary approach.