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Currently, old textures are one of the main problems in many cities and even villages in our country. The specific feature of these textures makes it necessary to be considered from different aspects. This study is trying to find strategies to improve and organize old texture in the Shahidgah neighborhood of Ardabil. It also aims to plan and design in accordance with the existing status and consistent with strategic priorities. In this regard, using review of documents and field surveys, existing status of the neighborhood were evaluated using SWOT analysis and planning strategies. Continuing with the quantitative models used, organizing strategies are prioritized. Finally, five design alternatives presented in accordance with texture requirements. Findings indicate that the organizing of the studied area should adopt a systematic approach for 4 dimensions of physical, economic, social and environmental interventions to deal with. The preferred alternative has tried to organize and remove the ruined buildings in the middle of the area, a closeness be created and the central space is used to create a neighborhood center.

With rising demand of urban travels, one of the main strategies to manage cities’ transport is enhancement the share of urban public transport. To increase the desirability of the use of public transport, various systems were designed and utilized. One of them is BRT. Immediate action was carried out in Tabriz Metropolis to use this system in the main street of the city leaded to disrupt the urban communications network and different problems. This research evaluated the goals and strategies of BRT system and the degree of users’ satisfaction of it in Tabriz by using field studies and statistical analysis. It has a descriptive-survey essence and data were collected by the researcher made questionnaire. Target society includes the passengers using BRT. The method of sampling is clustering and the designed questionnaire was reviewed via pre-test, its stability was verified by Cronbach alpha of 0.727 and its validity confirmed by presenting to experts and specialists. To prove statistical assumption, Kendall statistics, Summer’s Day, Chi-square, Pearson’s correlation and ordinal regression were used. The results show that there is an inverse and significant correlation among education and satisfaction rate of BRT system. It means that with increasing levels of education, the satisfaction decreases.

During the recent decades, regional equilibriums and balanced distribution of the population have been one of the great concerns for the planners and regional development thinkers. In this way, cities as the main place of habitation and the most effective place in population movement, has got a significant position. Therefore, the main question of the paper is as follows: what is the optimized amount of the population in the cities? And how the population of a region can be equilibrated? Predicting the population in cities of the district of Azerbaijan within the 2022 Prospective and its planning based on rank – amount modification model appropriate with the elasticity and anthropy of the urban network, the author suggests the optimized amount of the population of the Azerbaijan cities and consequently to create an equilibrated spatial, he introduces the required policies to increase or reduce the rate of population growth in Azerbaijan.