Evaluation of the Urban Settlement s Optimal System
Subject Areas : Urban Design
Melika
Mehriar
1
(M.A. student of Regional Planning, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Kianoosh
Zaker Haghighi
2
(Assisstant Professor, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran)
Keywords: cluster analysis, Urban System, Factor analysis, Analytic Hierarchy Process,
Abstract :
In developing countries, the domination of peripheral and dependent capitalism relations and the lack ofappropriate structures and channels of attracting, this system have caused some kind of spatial-anatomic unbalances that hasresulted in the appearance of single cities with national and regional prevalence. This situation is the main reason for small,medium and intermediate cities to lose their role in the third-world countries and, therefore, for some kind of urban network toappear having consequences, especially at regional scales, like the deceleration or, in some cases, the stop of the dispersion of theexpected effects of development and the lack of a chain or network of settlement focuses connecting the settlement system of theregion together. The presented work has been planned to focusing on the study and analysis of the urban system of Hamadanprovince, Iran, with aims to present an appropriate pattern for mentioned province according to the common models and techniquesof urban system analyses and methods. Results showed that currently the urban system of Hamadan province is unbalanced;however, the analysis of this system at a regional scale could be useful in regional development management and planning.Nevertheless, it is necessary that the urban system is considered in relation to neighbor regions and national space and in systematicterms. Finally, improvement of systematic viewpoints in planning for urban system and Location and leveling of new activities andsettlement areas are recommended to be implemented in coincidence with the suggested urban system.