Alexander, Ch. (1987). A New Theory of Urban Design, Oxford University Press.
Bahrainy, S. H. (1998). Urban Design Process, Tehran University Press.
Bahrainy, S. H. (1998). Modernism, Postmodernism, and after in Urban Design and Planning, Tehran: Tehran University Press.
Bani Masoud, A. (2009). Contemporary Architecture of Iran, Art of Architecture Press.
Curd, M. & Cover, J. A. (1998). Philosophy of Science the Central Issues. www
norton & Company.
Cuthbert, Alexander R. (2006).The Form of Cities, Political Economy and Urban Design. Oxford, Blackwell.
Cuthbert, Alexander R. (2007). Urban Design: Requiem for an Era – Review and Critique of the Last 50 Years, URBAN DESIGN International, 12, 177–223.
Edensor, T., Jayne, M. (Eds.) (2012). Urban Theory beyond the West: a World of Cities. London: Routledge.
Ellin, N. (1999). Postmodern Urbanism, Revised Edition. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2016).A Typology of Urban Design Theories and its Application to the Shared Body of Knowledge, Urban Design INTERNATIONAL, Palgrave Macmillan.
Foroughmand Araabi, H., Khabazi, M. (2013). Contemplating the Condition of Urban Design’s Knowledge in Iran and Its Future Challenges, Hoviateshahr,Vol7 Issue 15, 37-48 .
Gosling, D. & Gosling, M. C. (2003). The Evolution of American Urban Design. Wiley.
Inam, A. (2011). From Dichotomy to Dialectic: Practicing Theory in Urban Design, Journal of Urban Design, 16:02, 257-277.
Koray, V. (1999). Urban Design in the Postmodern Context, URL: http://www. angelfire. com/ar/corei/ud. html (Zugriff: 12.12. 2009)
Lang, J. (1987). Creating Architectural Theory: The Role of the Behavioral Sciences in Environmental Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Lang, J. (2005). Urban Design: A Typology of Procedures and Products, Architectural Press.
Lang, J. (2009). Creating Architectural Theory: The Role of the Behavioral Sciences in Environmental Design (A. Einifar, Trans.), Tehran: Tehran University Press.
Larice, M., Macdonald, E. (editors). (2013). Urban Design Reader, Second edition, London: Routledge.
Moor, M., Rowland, J. selection and editorial matter. (2006). Urban Design Future, London: Routledge.
Pakzad, J. (2006). Theories and Process of Urban Design, Shahidi Press.
Pakzad, J. (2007). Guidance of Urban Space Design in Iran, Shahidi Press.
Tavassoli, M. (1995). Iranian Architecture and Urban Space versus the West, Fine Arts.
Tavassoli, M. (2009). Urban Design, the Art of Renewing Urban Structure, with Four Case Studies, Tavasoli.
Tavassoli, M., Bonyadi, N. (2007). Urban Space Design, Shahidi Press
Verma, N. (2011). Urban Design: An Incompletely Theorized Project in Companion to Urban Design, (T. Banerjee & A. LoukaitouSideris, Eds.), Routledge, 57-69.
Weicher J. (1973). A Test of Jane Jacobs’ Theory of Successful Neighborhoods. Journal of Regional Science, 13, 29-40.