Growing population and increase of urbanization have created a phenomenon called urban sprawl in major cities of the world that have imposed many environmental and economic consequences on cities. Recent researches have shown that Urmia urban development process has always been as urban sprawl...

Cities are faced with serious issues resulting from urban sprawl, and one way to manage this is through the implementation of urban growth boundaries (UGB). The complexity of cities makes long-term planning extremely difficult. The high level of uncertainty, currently inherent in any complex and...

This paper describes various possibilities of the cities of futures considering various constraints and demand of society, environment and geography. The need for future cities arises because of the rapid growth in population and thereby causing a decline in the living standards. In the United...