Urban Sprawl in Iranian Medium-sized Cities; Investigating the Role of Masterplans

Soltani, Afshin; Hosseinpour, Mohammad; Hajizadeh, Ali

doi:10.5539/jsd.v10n1p122

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“…In the analysed Central European countries and in the analysed period, an increase in GDP per capita was recorded, which will be accompanied by an increase in the quality of life of the inhabitants. As a result, new, often luxurious, residential districts are created, for example in CZs or on urban peripheries [ 56 ]. This is accompanied by the phenomenon of the so-called second homes, consisting in investing capital in real estate located on the outskirts of the city by residents living and working in UC [ 52 ].…”

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Land Use Mix in Functional Urban Areas of Selected Central European Countries from 2006 to 2012

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2022

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The land use mix (LUM) is among the critical issues in spatial planning because it can determine the occurrence and structure of various land use and cover types (LUC) and prevent any adverse patterns. The paper focuses on the LUM in functional urban areas (FUAs) in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. The research employed Urban Atlas (UA) data on LUC in 2006 and 2012 to characterise LUM in the FUAs. The research follows the division of the FUA into the urban area (urban core, UC) and its functional surroundings (commuting zones, CZ). We further characterised the phenomena investigated for the entire country, region, and Europe using Corine Land Cover (CLC) data. The LUM was quantified with the entropy index (EI), dissimilarity index (DI), and multi-dimensional balance index (MBI). The EI demonstrated that the investigated FUAs went through more substantial LUM changes than the 27 European Union member states (EU27) from 2006 to 2012. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that LUM overspill was more intensive in CZs than in UCs on the regional and national levels. We found out that urbanised areas grew at the expense of agricultural areas in both UCs and CZs with similar dynamics in 2006–2012 in all the analysed countries.

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Land Use Mix in Functional Urban Areas of Selected Central European Countries from 2006 to 2012

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2022

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“…Hosseini et al (2019) showed that 36% of the urban spatial expansion in Iran is the result of sprawl in cities between 1986 and 2011 [57]. The observations on urban sprawl in Iran show that this phenomenon has an outward trend in different city sizes, from metropolitan areas and large cities like Tehran [58] and Qom [59] to mid-sized and small cities like Yazd [60] and Kazerun [29]. Several studies investigated factors influencing the urban sprawling of the Iranian cities, including rapid urbanization, inefficient urban planning system, and weaknesses of master plans, modernization, improvement of technology, land speculation, economic forces, and public construction [24,28,57,61].…”

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“…Several studies have addressed urban sprawl in Iran [24,29,[59][60][61][62]. However, few studies have examined its relationship with travel patterns and socioeconomic determinants in Iranian cities as examples of emerging markets in the Middle East.…”

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“…Thus, this paper is novel within the Middle Eastern context as well through its employment of tool-based techniques to quantify disaggregated urban form, urban sprawl, and commuting distance. The unsustainable development pattern and its relationships with mobility and socioeconomic features are less or non-studied topics among small Middle Eastern cities, although Iranian small cities have been confronted with urban sprawl [28,29] recently. To this end, the city of Hamedan, as an example of a large city with over 500,000 inhabitants, and the city of Nowshahr, as an example of a small city with less than 50,000 inhabitants, were chosen.…”

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Urban Sprawl, Socioeconomic Features, and Travel Patterns in Middle East Countries: A Case Study in Iran

2020

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The present study aimed to investigate different socioeconomic factors as well as the perceptions and travel behaviors associated with urban sprawl in two cities of different sizes in Iran, as a developing country in the Middle East. Four Weighted Least Squares (WLS) regression models were developed for Hamedan and Nowshahr, as examples of large and small cities in Iran, respectively. The findings showed different correlations related to urban sprawl between Iranian cities and high-income countries in terms of socioeconomic and travel behavior determinants. Urban sprawl around home in Hamedan was positively correlated with the number of cars and driving licenses in households, the use of a private car for trips, and less use of public transport. Urban sprawl around homes in Nowshahr was related to an increased number of cars, the use of private cars for non-commuting trips, less sense of belonging to the neighborhood, and lower income. Additionally, urban sprawl around workplaces was correlated with main daily activity, number of non-commuting trips, mode of choice for non-commuting, and residential location choice in Hamedan a swell as monthly income, daily shopping area, frequency of public transport use, quality of recreational facilities, length of time for living in the current home, and commuting distance in Nowshahr.

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“…Iranian cities have been experienced the urbanization phenomenon, particularly since the 1970s. Currently, scientific investigations have been indicated negative effects of urban expansion in Iranian cities containing the devastation natural resources and landscapes across the city [31], degradation and destruction of farmland around the city, decrease in productivity, and risk to food and economic security [29], devastation of groundwater resources [24] and the water shortages, soil and water pollution, rising the charge of urban services, growth in the time and length of intra-city trips [32] and as a consequence, growth in fuel and energy consumption as well as local climate change [33], Social segregation [23] and the social capital reduction and rising the rate of crime in the city.…”

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Assessment of urban land expansion using remote sensing and GIS: A case of Shiraz city, Iran

Rouhani¹

2020

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Urbanization and urban development is undoubtedly one of the most crucial aspects of modern civilization, causing various changes in the environment. Shiraz an area identified for rapid urban growth is less explored in the matter of study. In this context, this study presents a combined approach of remote sensing and GIS techniques for monitoring land use changes of Shiraz city in Fars Province, Iran. Firstly, various satellite images, including MSS 1982, TM 1996, ETM 2006, and OLI 2018 based on five classes, namely agriculture, urban areas, bare land, tree cover and street were classified. For classify the remote-sensing data maximum likelihood algorithm was used. Then, digital topographic maps 1:50000 of Geographic Organization of the Armed Forces and Mapping Organization were used as ancillary data for interpreting the images, also for geometric correction of the images. In the final phase of the study, the extent and status of changes in each application were determined, and the trends of changes were investigated. The results indicate a significant change in land use in regard to expansion of an urban area from 17.30% (1982) to 46.40% (2006) and 47.8% (2018) by encroaching into agricultural and bare lands. Over this period, urban area has expanded by 624 Ha per year on the average while this increase has been 238 Ha per year for the period 1996-2006. Moreover, during the first period, 198 Ha of agricultural land has been degraded annually while this rate was 14 and 19 Ha for the second and third periods, respectively, showing, increasing and declining trends in cover and application of the land over the three periods within the study area. The results of this research can be utilized as essential data to strengthen the effectiveness of the later urban planning of Shiraz City.

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Urban Sprawl in Iranian Medium-sized Cities; Investigating the Role of Masterplans

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Land Use Mix in Functional Urban Areas of Selected Central European Countries from 2006 to 2012

Land Use Mix in Functional Urban Areas of Selected Central European Countries from 2006 to 2012

Urban Sprawl, Socioeconomic Features, and Travel Patterns in Middle East Countries: A Case Study in Iran

Assessment of urban land expansion using remote sensing and GIS: A case of Shiraz city, Iran

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