Established areas of Moradab Hill/Eslamabad, an informal settlement in Iran (figure on the right is modified from an image published by Mehr News Agency under a CC BY 4.0 license (https://www.mehrnews.com/news/1748977/).

This figure shows the established/old parts of Moradab Hill, an informal settlement, that have been less affected by top-down regeneration policies. They mainly include the original self-built areas, which were built collectively by the early residents based on their needs. The urban form is fine-grained and organic with hierarchical, highly sloped pedestrian streets. Common features of these highly dynamic areas are semi-private and semi-public spaces such as cul-de-sacs, narrow alleys, and pedestrian-oriented streets, small plots of self-built single-family houses up to three stories, with small, local retail shops.