Persian garden has created with the evolution of civilization in this region simultaneously, over the centuries according to cultural and civil evolution of Iranians, it has reached to stability in architectural order and physical aspect, and it has recognized as a symbol and paradigm in Iranian landscape design. There are different factors that have effected to create this historical phenomenon, and without doubt, environmental sustainability is one of them. The aim of this paper is studying on the parameters of environmental sustainability in landscape design of Persian garden in hot and arid regions, and Doalatabad garden as a valuable example of Persian garden in arid city of Yazd studied as a selected case study, in order to possible to get precise research and field study on it. Thus, this research describes and analyzes the effect of parameters of sustainable landscape in hot and region, and analyzes the effects of these factors on the main elements of Dolatabad garden which includes natural elements (water, vegetation), and built elements (pavilion) with comparative study.
The methodology of this research is descriptive-analytical based on grounded theory with the data analysis of Dolatabad garden as a selected case study, and data collection of chosen sample and analyzing it based on library research and field studies.
The results of the study on parameters of environmental sustainability in Dolatabad garden demonstrate that the characteristics of environmental sustainability are the main effective factor in physical models and principles, spatial organization and composition of elements of Dolatabad Garden of Yazd.