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Analysis of the Internet effects on the neighborhood-base principle of the Iranian-Islamic city with Meta synthesis approach

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Background and purpose: Today, neighborhood-based has been weakened and neglected due to the influence of various factors. On the other hand, in the last few decades, due to the changes in the conditions caused by the development of the Internet and cyberspace, cities and their neighborhoods are facing a new situation, which affects the realization of the principle of the Iranian-Islamic city. Based on this, the current research intends to extract and explain the basic components of the Iranian-Islamic neighborhoods-based, and measure the status of these components in terms of their importance and feasibility in the Internet age.
Methodology: The information in this research is documented and based on books, articles, research plans, and other authentic written documents related to the main keywords of the research. First, to measure the acceptability of the Iranian-Islamic neighborhoods based on the age of the Internet, the basic components of the Iranian-Islamic neighborhoods-based are identified, then the status of these components in this era is analyzed based on the available global sources. The research method to perform the mentioned process is based on the meta-synthesis qualitative method, which integrates and combines the findings of a series of related qualitative studies and interprets their results and findings. In addition, in the various meta- synthesis stages of this research, data coding according to themes and logical reasoning was used to extract, analyze and interpret the findings.
Findings and discussion: According to the findings, the Iranian-Islamic neighborhood-based in the functional dimension that monitors the relative functional self-sufficiency reduces the necessity of  its existence in the age of the Internet, and its realization in a neighborhood is highly dependent on the conditions of the neighborhood in terms of the physicality of the neighborhood or the internet activity status of people in the neighborhood. The Iranian-Islamic neighborhood-based in the social dimension, which is mainly focused on neighborly relations, its gap and serious lack is also felt in the age of the Internet. However, the Internet can have serious negative effects on neighborhood relations due to the change in people's living conditions and the transfer of a large part of social relations to social networks. Another point is that there are difficult and complex challenges and issues such as maintaining and strengthening face-to-face relations in this field, which makes it difficult to improve and strengthen neighborhood relations with the characteristics of an Islamic city in this era. The neighborhood-based in management dimension in the form of self-help and local governance can also have a suitable situation in the age of the Internet, while increasing the necessity, due to the capacity of this technology to increase transparency, participation and efficiency of urban management, and the problems and challenges of this area can be solved more than in the past.
Conclusion: Overall, because the foundation and basis of the Iranian-Islamic neighborhood and its neighborhood-based are rooted in the social dimension and social relations, in the form of neighborhood relations, the realization of an Iranian-Islamic neighborhood in the internet age is more difficult and intricate than before and may face decline.

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