Sprawling City and the Changing of the Rural Land use(Case Study:Bandaranzalicity in the Recent Half)

Along with the increasing growth of habitation in cities in the recent half century, the alteration of the rural landuse has also increased.The density of population and scarcity of lands inevitably lead to the development of the cities and extend themtoward the peripherallands.With its horizontal growth,the city moves toward the peripheral villages which are situated in its immediate location, and absorbsthe rural lands in itself and as the time passes,the villages will be completely swallowed by the cities.During this process,the rural lands gradually undergo a change in their application as some urban symbols appear in them and they finally get merged with the cities.As a result,sprawlingcitycreates a disordered and dispersed development of the city around itself and changes the application of the rural lands.The main purpose of the present research is toreview the process of the transformation of the rural lands around the Anzali Port which have undergone a change in the application during the process of the physical development and have been annexed to the city’s territory. The field research method and library documentation were used for the collection of information,and the Excel application was used for drawing the graphs and doing the calculations while the GIS and Autocad applications were used for drawing the maps.The results of the research indicate that the Anzali Port is the only urban center in the town which attracts the immigratingpopulation,including the adjacent villages and cities.During the recent half century,this process has decreased the city’s population and its lands and the city inevitably develops toward the lands of the adjacent villages. Throughout this process, the Anzali Port has merged four villages in its proximity including Sousar, Navir, Shahvar and Koulivar while the Bashman and Talebabad villages which are located in the peripheries of the city are not exceptions to this rule as the majority of their lands have undergone a change in used and turned into urban constructions.