DEVELOPING URBAN PLANNING POLICIES BASED ON A MAQĀṢID-ORIENTED HUMAN-FRIENDLY FRAMEWORK
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https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v24i42.2044Keywords:
Human-Friendly City, Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, Urban Planning Indicators, Ethical Urbanism, Urban Governance, Sustainable Cities, Trade-Off ManagementAbstract
Cities are increasingly assessed through indicator-based frameworks measuring livability, sustainability, and governance performance. However, urban planning still lacks a clear normative integrator to manage trade-offs between competing objectives such as efficiency and equity, growth and sustainability, and technological optimization versus human-scale design. This paper addresses this gap by proposing a maqāṣid-based human-friendly city framework that operationalizes the principle of balance (mīzān) within urban planning indicators. Using a qualitative normative–analytical approach, the study integrates human-centered urbanism with maqāṣid al-sharīʿah as a higher-order evaluative core. Mīzān is conceptualized as a proportional trade-off logic rather than a theological abstraction. Six urban domains—urban form, mobility, public space, housing, environmental systems, and governance—are aligned with five objectives: protection of life, intellect, wealth, dignity, and ecological balance. The resulting indicator architecture ensures traceability from ethical intent to measurable criteria. Unlike conventional indices, it embeds balance through paired indicators (e.g., equity–efficiency gaps), shifting evaluation toward proportional governance and offering both theoretical and policy contributions.
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