Strategies to changing patterns of land use in a worn area located at central business district of city, case study: Sabzevar city, Iran

Abstract

The worn and inefficient tissues make up a significant part of Sabzevar city. On the one hand, These tissues suffer from a wide range of physical, functional and environmental problems and on the other hand, those are city`s most important potential for utilizing land for providing services space, create mobility infrastructure and environmental improvements. Golestan area is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, which form the initial core of the city and has an organic form. This neighborhood faces physical problems such as passage ways with low width, poor road networks, the existence of old habitats, low durability and compressed structure, poor quality of building materials and lack of facilities and equipment required. In this paper, Preliminary knowledge of the old city texture and physical aspects of Golestan area will be reviewed.