Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources

Urban spatial growth and its patterns is one of the most important issues in urban planning. During the time, the patterns of spatial distributions which are called urban form are changing because of urban dynamics. Urban sprawl is one of the most unstable forms the cities have ever experienced.  Th...

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Main Authors: Rahmatollah Farhudi, Seayed mosa Pourmosavi, Seayad Ali Hosseini, Seayed Mohammad Hosseini
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Published: University of Tabriz 2015-01-01
Series:نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی
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Online Access:https://geoplanning.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_3133_550779770cac5b7336a30beb7cbea5ba.pdf
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author Rahmatollah Farhudi
Seayed mosa Pourmosavi
Seayad Ali Hosseini
Seayed Mohammad Hosseini
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description Urban spatial growth and its patterns is one of the most important issues in urban planning. During the time, the patterns of spatial distributions which are called urban form are changing because of urban dynamics. Urban sprawl is one of the most unstable forms the cities have ever experienced.  The city of Mashhad as the second metropolis of Iran and the case study of this research is not exceted of these problems. Various methods such as aerial photographs, maps of the organizations, soil and topographic maps, GIS and SPSS software are used in this research. The result of survey showed a rapid and unplanned sprawl growth has happened for the Mashhad city in the recent decades (1956-2006) that have had some adverse effects on soil resources. The results show from 1956 to 2006 around 27747.8 hectares of Mashhad suburb lands from different classes were changed into urban landuse for good.  Actually, this rapid and unplanned urban growth of Mashhad has destroyed 10,288 ha (37 percent) in class I, 6233 ha (22%) in class III, 9089 ha (33%) in Class IV and 2,147 ha (7.7 percent) in Class VI.
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spelling doaj.art-fc82c0b18eb444fdb5004f9ee48ce1752024-03-19T21:54:18ZfasUniversity of Tabrizنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی2008-80782717-35342015-01-0118502592803133Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil ResourcesRahmatollah Farhudi0Seayed mosa Pourmosavi1Seayad Ali Hosseini2Seayed Mohammad Hosseini3Geography and urban planning, Tehran UniversityGeography and Urban Planning, University of Imam Hussein (AS).Geography and urban planning, Tehran UniversityPolitical geography and geopolitics, Tehran UniversityUrban spatial growth and its patterns is one of the most important issues in urban planning. During the time, the patterns of spatial distributions which are called urban form are changing because of urban dynamics. Urban sprawl is one of the most unstable forms the cities have ever experienced.  The city of Mashhad as the second metropolis of Iran and the case study of this research is not exceted of these problems. Various methods such as aerial photographs, maps of the organizations, soil and topographic maps, GIS and SPSS software are used in this research. The result of survey showed a rapid and unplanned sprawl growth has happened for the Mashhad city in the recent decades (1956-2006) that have had some adverse effects on soil resources. The results show from 1956 to 2006 around 27747.8 hectares of Mashhad suburb lands from different classes were changed into urban landuse for good.  Actually, this rapid and unplanned urban growth of Mashhad has destroyed 10,288 ha (37 percent) in class I, 6233 ha (22%) in class III, 9089 ha (33%) in Class IV and 2,147 ha (7.7 percent) in Class VI.https://geoplanning.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_3133_550779770cac5b7336a30beb7cbea5ba.pdfurban sprawlmashhadsoil resourceperi urban agriculturesustainable forms
spellingShingle Rahmatollah Farhudi
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Seayad Ali Hosseini
Seayed Mohammad Hosseini
Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources
نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی
urban sprawl
mashhad
soil resource
peri urban agriculture
sustainable forms
title Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources
title_full Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources
title_fullStr Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources
title_short Analysis of Urban Sprawl of the City of Mashhad in Recent Decades (1956-2006) and Its Impact on Soil Resources
title_sort analysis of urban sprawl of the city of mashhad in recent decades 1956 2006 and its impact on soil resources
topic urban sprawl
mashhad
soil resource
peri urban agriculture
sustainable forms
url https://geoplanning.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_3133_550779770cac5b7336a30beb7cbea5ba.pdf
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