The Role of Middle Cities in Spatial Development of Hamedan province with Emphasis On Malayer

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

majid shams ¹ (عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی و احد تویسرکان)

Received: 2006-06-22 Accepted : 2006-09-16 Published : 2006-08-23

Keywords: urban network, urban hierarchy, Spatial Development, spatial balancing, population distribution,

Abstract :

The rapid population growth and urbanistion increase are among the phenomena which have appeared in a lot of countries in the world including Iran in recent decades; although the urban population increase is not an undesirble phenomenon per se and some think of it as a symbol of development . Thus, what is going to be discussed and analyzed here is the unbalanced distribution of population in urban centers rather than the percentage of urbanity . However Hamedan province possesses some natural capabilities and suitable strategic situation as well as a good history , it dose not have a suitable social and economical development; there is no hierarchy regardung dwelling system and ranking rational services in its cities, towns, and even rural areas . As a result ,a large number of its population is concentrated in the center of the province (i.e. Hamedan itself ) and a first-rank model governs the city . In this research, through a sstematic and comprehensive method , the present status of the province and the role of middle cities in the spatial development of the province has been studied in a logical and rational way .