The Transformation of Traditional Urban System to Daily Urban System (DUS) in Guilan Central Region

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

NASER  AZIMI ¹ (استادیارگروه شهرسازی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی– واحدتهران مرکز)
nasrollah  molaei ² (دانشیارگروه جغرافیای انسانی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی – واحد رشت)
hekmat  baghaei ³ (کارشناس ارشد شهرسازی-برنامه‌ریزی شهری و منطقه‌ای)
hasan  hosseini amini ⁴ (کارشناس ارشد جغرافیا و برنامه ریزی شهری)

Received: 2009-02-03 Accepted : 2010-06-06 Published : 2010-05-22

Keywords: Tradititional Urban system, Daily Urban system, Guilan central,

Abstract :

Special  geographical  characteristics  of  central  origins  of  Guilan province have always had the potential to cause the crowded centers located  at area  to access the capital city of the province and to other cities easily and uniquely . However , the lack of good roads to daily connections to the central city did not make this  possibility in the past urban system, but in recent two decades ,development of asphalted roads has made this possibility  so that the traditionally hierarchal system of  the old times changed into the Daily Urban System(DUS).Following this revolution, daily trips  cause  the  population of  the city of Rasht to increase  more  than its fixed population, and this matter caused the argument of  naming Rasht as a  megalopolis. Despite the population of the city of  Rasht which