The Process of Forming Informal Communities in the Meshkin Shahr Peripheral Area

Informal settlements are often created by land grabbing and without obtaining legal licenses. There is no single model for how these communities can be formed, but they are usually formed in the form of "organized invasion", "creeping capture" and "redistribution of land without permission". Thirteen informal settlements with 6,251 people and 74.89 hectares were created in the Meshgin City. In this paper, the process of forming these Informal settlements has been investigated. Data and information of this research have been collected through library and field studies. ARC GIS software has been used to analyze the data and information of these Informal settlements. The findings of this study indicate that the formation of Informal settlements of Meshgin City was due to Rural-urban migration, especially migration from the northern villages of this city. This migration has occurred due to the effects of regional factors (lack of balanced development and rural-urban migration) and local (development of service infrastructure, low cost of land, poor urban management, communication axes). According to the findings of this study, the most common form of development and development of these Informal settlements has been the division and redevelopment of agricultural land and mineral resources around the city.