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Abstract
Design and implementation of a spatial development strategy in Isfahan, Iran
Ali A. Alesheikh
Assistant professor,
Iran
Email: alesheikh@kntu.ac.ir
Parvaneh Peykanpour
Science and Research Campus
Islamic Azad University
Email: par_pey@yahoo.com
The normative, decentralized methods that empowered regions to expand during the industrialization era, and rural-urban migration conflict with the easy modifications of territories to the new economy, and make the planning for sustainable development more difficult. Spatial planning is applied to a broad spectrum of policy objectives, including: improvement of regional economic performance, creation of rational organizations of land uses, balancing demands for development, protecting environment, and taking advantages of globalizations and information technologies.
This paper examines the nature of spatial development frameworks in the context of the regional limitations and priorities. The paper reviews the current models of environmental capabilities, evaluate them, and propose a new model to overcome the previous shortcomings. The governing factors of the model are first identified. The weights of the factors are estimated by statistical analysis. The model is then introduced to ArcView GIS package to visualize the environmental unit maps.
In order to assess the model, Boeen and MianDasht of Isfahan, Iran, has been chosen. Ecological capability of the area for service and civil development are determined using topographic maps of 1/50000 scale together with geological, and land use maps. Restricting factors such as; environmental units along rivers, flood passages, and rough terrain that hinder the areas of being developed for service and civil development usages are properly taken into account. The results facilitated the decision making processes. Detail discussion on the results is presented in the paper.
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