Monday, August 26, 2013

Sustainable Urban Growth Management Using What-If?

by Asgary, A., Klosterman, R. and Razani, A.

This paper examines the application of a GIS based planning support system, What If? TM, to evaluate alternative growth policies for sustainable urban growth in a rapidly growing city of Iran. The paper describes the study area, Dorood city, and the What If? Model. It then explains the procedures that were used to obtain the required data and to run the model to Dorood city. The paper concludes by considering the results and implications, which the study has for urban growth management of the city to preserve farmland and accommodate growth in the city.

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more about urban sprawl in Iran:

Monitoring and modeling the urban growth of mid-size cities in Iran by Markov model: the case study of Zanjan City

Distribution and Determining of Urban Sprawl in Kerman with Emphasis on Kariz Water System

The Impact of Urban Sprawl up on Air Pollution 

URBAN SPRAWL IN IRANIAN CITIES AND ITS DIFFERENCES WITH THE WESTERN SPRAWL

An investigation of urban systems using entropy and elasticity measures: case study of North Region of Iran

Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development: A Case Study of Urmia City, Iran

Studying the effects of urban sprawl of metropolis on tourism - climate index oscillation: A case study of Tehran city

Changes in population settlement pattern in urban system of Tehran province (1966 to 2006)

URBAN SPRAWL AND CLIMATIC CHANGES IN TEHRAN

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