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Contemporary urban development in Khuzestan Province over the past hundred years has been mainly influenced by the industrial and economic development of the region, which has created widespread challenges for Khuzestan cities today, such as marginalization, social inequality, environmental degradation, and lack of urban identity, and generally the failure to realize the quality of "place" in these cities. Considering this, the present study attempts to study the effects of the lack of "place" formation in the spatial organization of this city through reading the urban landscape of Bandar Imam Khomeini. The main question of this study is: How has the failure of Bandar Imam Khomeini to become an urban place been manifested in the urban landscape resulting from its spatial organization? The present study is also based on the hypothesis that: Industry-oriented development, basic economy, and also disregard for the dimensions of place have led to the reflection of the city's lack of place in its urban landscape. This qualitative research was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method and data were collected through field observation, unstructured interviews with citizens and urban managers, as well as library and document study. Data analysis was conducted using the conceptual model of place and spatial organization theory. The findings of this research showed that the components of the city's spatial organization, due to the dominance of industrial activities and transit networks, lack a meaningful connection with the natural environment and have been formed in an identityless, disjointed, unbalanced and disregarding human scale form and have been designed mainly based on the requirements of industrial development; for this reason, they lack meaningful and valuable aspects for citizens.

Keywords: Urban Landscape, Spatial Organization, Contemporary Urban Development, Imam Khomeini Port-City, Khuzestan

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