Land use survey in Sa'ad Abad using Geographic Information System (GIS)

Land and its usage have always been the main theme and context in urban planning and actually it is the land which ultimately determine the destiny of urban development plan, mediating and supervising land use. This has always been one of social, economic and physical issues in recent urbanization. The present article considers land use in Sa’d Abad city. First, present situation of the land uses are investigated, then future plans are mentioned. Descriptive-analytic method is used. Theoretical framework is prepared using secondary research and other information are collected in a field study. To perform qualitative analysis, SWOT method is applied. GIS and AUTO CAD are used for drawing and analyzing information. Results indicate that we face shortage of most present land uses and surplus of some others which signifies lack of balance in land use which should be directed towards balance with concise planning.