An Investigation of New Towns Effects in Environmental Order (Case Study: East Azerbaijan Province of Iran)

Abstract

New Towns think make after second world war as a paradigm to reduction some problem in metropolis cities. In different countries, new towns
are constructed based on necessity and their functions. Nowadays, making new towns is not of course performed with the aim of realizing the
notion of ideal habitation or Utopia, rather decentralization of large cities is its purpose and main goal. Nonetheless, this topic is differently viewed
in Iran in comparison with other countries, and its utility and function in Iran is not the same as the real purpose of making new towns in the world.
This article studies the country’s population variations in recent decades and considers urban system of the country. It also analyzes the activities
of new towns in recent years and eventually argues the necessity to make new towns in Iran. Also we are try to discuss about role of Sahand new
town in North-West place of Iran about affect in spatial balance and Entropy. The agreement of this strategy with alternative ones, especially with
the strategy of middle cities reinforcement, is argued as well.