The Analysis of Urban Form Potentials with the Emphasis on Urban Compact Model (Case Study: Gorgan City)

One of the paradigms that in the last decades of the twentieth century has been formed in order to develop the urban potential is urban compact model. In this urban model, the sustainable transportation modes, combined use, social solidarity and cultural development has a special use. it causes the creation of spaces with high social interaction, lower power consumption and high degree of access for citizens. The aim of this study was to analyze the potentials of urban form with emphasis on the urban compact model in Gorgan city. A descriptive and analytical method and field study was used in this study. The city of Gorgan is divided into four metropolitan areas in order to evaluate the potential of each region to implement more urban compact model. The eight indicators of population density, barren and empty lands, building density, particle size distribution components, access systems, mixing land uses, access to infrastructure, access to public transport and to pedestrians and routes are also used. The obtained results from the analysis of space - location using GIS software and multi-criteria decision-making methods and MADM and SAR models indicates that the fourth area with factor 6/41 has the highest potential and the first area with 12/7 has the lowest potential for the implementation of urban compact model. The spatial and physical dissection of Gorgan indicated that in some areas of the city there are dispersions in form and structure. The fourth area with the high test mixing usages has the most accessible neibourhood, the most barren lands for urban growth, the greatest access to public transportation, to urban infrastructure and to walking routes has the most potential for the growth of urban compact.