Assessment of Land Use Changes in the 3rd Zone of Isfahan Metropolis

In recent years, changes of urban land use are increasing due to factors such as population growth, economic benefits and the requirements of society and so on. Due to the increasing demand for limited land and urban citizens and organization goods, lands in one of the most important components of enrichment has become the one hand, the historic city of Isfahan has been immune from this situation. The current study is an applied study that is based on the capita of Isfahan city comprehensive and detailed plans and capita of cities in five climate groups in which Isfahan is located. It has attempted to investigate the land use changes in the city of Isfahan, especially the 3rd urban Zone. The methodology has been a combination of descriptive, analytical and field methods. Research findings show that based on the studies on the current situation in Isfahan considering the detailed plan of 25/1155 hectares of land area, three urban land use 7/96 percent occupancy limitations, and the remaining 3.3 percent belongs to non-urban areas. Land use separation of Isfahan urban area shows that the service levels and communication standards with regard to urban development is less than required and the residential areas too, the occupation of land limitations and compatibility between them does not exist. In this study urban land development index has been calculated 8.13 percent that shows the top physical development of Isfahan 3rd urban Zone.