An Analysis of the Development of New Towns as a Driving Force in Response to Metropolitan Needs

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3791 - 3799, 13.05.2015

Mahdieh Nakhaeı , Mohammad Reza Rezaı Bakhtiar Ezatpanah Ali Reza Amınzadeh Ahadd Panahı

Abstract

Abstract. The construction of new towns is one of the oldest urban development policies for dealing with the problems of large cities in the world. Although the nature of these problems in large cities has changed in the modern era, urban planners have been able to use this policy to deal with today’s problems by revising and reforming implementation principles and procedures. In Iran as in many other developing countries, the rapid growth of urbanization is not commensurate with the power to equip urban spaces and expand urban infrastructures. Since urban spatial distribution and population control have not been managed within the framework of a master plan based on sectoral and regional coordination, the subsequent problems have become so complex that require extensive planning and huge efforts for reaching a solution.  The present study is conducted under the title “an analysis of the development of new towns as a driving force in response to metropolitan needs” in order to analyze and evaluate the ways for developing new towns in planning second-level metropolitan areas in Tabriz, Iran, and to evaluate a sample of these towns in order to identify the issues related to the construction of these cities for developing a suitable model for successful planning in new towns. Besides identifying the status quo of new towns and revising the actions and operations in developing these towns, this objective and realistic evaluation can lead to solutions based on which we can continue to move ahead regularly, with higher levels of coordination, and in a relatively clearer situation by learning lessons from past experiences. In line with the objectives of this study, the researchers assess the need for planning and building new towns, select and evaluate a case for analysis (the new town of Sahand), and finally provide relevant suggestions and recommendations. The method used in the analyses and evaluations is deductive – the observation of procedures in developing a construction plan for the new town of Sahand. Suggestions are made based on the determinants of decision-making and authoritative areas.

Keywords

Urban development, spatial distribution, metropolitan, the new town of Sahand

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