Urban Infill development (Case study: Boroujerd City)

Subject Areas : Urban Management Studies

طاهر  پریزادی ¹ (مسئول مکاتبات)
احمد  زنگانه ² (ندارد)
مریم  ابراهیم پور ³ (ندارد)

Received: 2014-07-27 Accepted : 2011-08-30 Published : 2011-06-22

Keywords: Physical growth of the city, urban infill development, AIDA Techniques, boroujerd city,

Abstract :

by increasing urbanity in Iran and increasing urbanareas, trend of urban development is unstable. This article has beenstudied the problems and potential in Boroujerd and extracting thepurposes of planning, implementation strategies and policies forefficient use of space, then has been presented facilities that they areproportional with economic - Social, cultural conditions of Boroujerd .Method: the kind of this research is “Expanded – Applied" and theresearch method is “descriptive – analytical”. Data collection method is"Survey - the library”, AIDA Techniques has been used in research, thespace of this research is Boroujerd city and the community of thisresearch is citizens and urban planners.Findings: According to findings of study the cause of uncontrolledexpansion of Boroujerd are, planning policies in development plans andneed of housing supply as human factors , geographic space withrugged topography as natural reasons. In addition, weakness of urbanmanagement and weakness of urban infrastructure are most importantproblems of this city. Researcher according to environmental –economic - social and cultural conditions of citizens, have beenproposed infill development by providing operational projects.Results: Western cities in the country due to locating in topographicalconditions have been faced with this problem (sprawl growth). Thisproblem In terms of physical led to increased costs on infrastructure, onthe other hands it will be the Destruction of agricultural lands and urbangardens. This study has been conducted by presenting operationalstrategies development in Boroujerd city .