Investigating the City Identity of Ilam City and its Identification Components

While what is common in most of our current cities in the minds of the public is only a set of tall buildings, parks and streets, but cities and urban spaces, except for independence, have a special character and identity. Characteristics and privileges of each city in a period over the previous period, determine the identity of that city. In this context, what is notable is the aspect of the sharing and differentiation of cities. The identity of the city consists of natural, artificial, and human identity traits. Considering the importance of urban identity, the purpose of this article is to investigate and evaluate the effective indicators on the formation of the identity of Ilam city. The research method in this study is descriptive-analytic for that the required information has been collected from both documentary and field observations.The results of the research show that among the main components considered for identification and investigation of the Ilam city, artifact components have the greatest impact, which the artifact component is the result of a policy factor.