In the contemporary urban development process of Sirjan, green–blue networks have primarily expanded with an emphasis on their physical attributes and recreational functions. As a result, urban green spaces have become marginal elements and no longer play a significant role in shaping the city's sense of place. In contrast, the traditional green–blue networks of Sirjan fulfilled functions that extended beyond merely service-oriented and decorative uses. Historical evidence indicates that the formation and transformation of the city's historical cores, particularly Bagh-e Bamid, were strongly influenced by these networks, which played a decisive role in guiding the spatial expansion of the city.

This study aims to identify the place-making components of traditional green–blue networks and compare them with their contemporary counterparts through landscape interpretation. The findings reveal that, during the traditional period, green–blue networks were deeply embedded in residents’ everyday lives and social activities, fostering strong connections with collective perceptions and occupying a prominent place in the city's memory and place identity. In addition to possessing spatial centrality, these networks functioned as focal points of social interaction. Furthermore, their physical and perceptual relationships with the urban structure created perceptual continuity, enabling residents to experience different parts of the city as a coherent spatial whole.

In contrast, contemporary green–blue networks have largely developed in isolation from the social structure and everyday life of urban residents, and they no longer maintain a meaningful relationship with inhabitants’ perceptions and collective memories. Moreover, the lack of spatial–social centrality and perceptual continuity within these networks has not only diminished their role in shaping the city's sense of place but has also adversely affected the remaining green landscape inherited from the traditional period. Consequently, green–blue networks have gradually lost their historical function as place-making and spatially organizing infrastructures and have been reduced to service-oriented and recreational land uses that remain disconnected from the city's place perception and spatial experience within the contemporary urban development process.