Trend Analysis and State of Physical - Structural Development of Kerman City (Emergence Up to Now)

The purpose of this research is to study and to criticize the physical development of the city of Kerman through different eras and trend analysis of expansion in this city. Research method in this study is descriptive – analysis and the data were collected through library research and field studies using GIS software and spatial statistical analysis and Shannon entropy model. The results show that the entropy calculated for districts in Kerman in 1385 and 1390, are 1, 606 and 1. 598 respectively, which are close to ln (n) (1. 609). So it shows sporadic growth of the city of Kerman. The city has been developed primarily along roads and in recent years has radial growth. This development has been more towards the west and south west. During the development some villages due to the close proximity of the city of Kerman actually considered among the areas within the city limits. These settlements both in terms of shape and spatial structure and in terms of employment of residents are semi-rural semi- urban. The results of the mean nearest neighbor distance (RN) indicate that the zoning system follows from sporadic pattern. The results of the analysis of hot spots also represents a wide cold spot in the center of the city of Kerman in the form of strips which start from center and spread toward East and West of the city. This model implies the establishment of areas of low concentration of population in this area.