Stable Urban Devlopment:A review on concepts, Trends and Events

Stable development in general, and «Stable Urban Development» in Specific, areamong the most significant issues of Urban societies related to the present and futurequestions of the environment and cities. Along with the increasing concentration andorientation toward the Stable development at a universal level, understanding this issueand more emphasis at the national level, considering the development of the urban lifein the country as well as steps to be taken for the materialization of such adevelopment has been given attention to. What the present study accomplishes is toconsider the related concepts, trends, and events as well as to describe the evolutionaryhistory of «Stable Urban Development». Also the study is meant to reveal theoreticaland practical acpects of what is presently known as stable Urban Development in aglobal level. Therefore, first the concept and conception of Stable Urban Development(SUD) would be surveyed between 1960, to 1990, and the influential factors affectingit will be rec:ognized spacio-temporally, which are the result of individual and groupattempts at global conferences. Next, there would be a discussion on the differentaspects of urban life in the present world and its future perspective, which containproblems and difficulties that the public encounter. Another section of the article isdedicated to the materialization and the emergence of SUD and the related steps takenin this regard. In this section, the important events taking place in connection with thedevelopment of SUD during the second half of 1970, up to the present, would beconsidered via a similar viewpoint. In this connection, therefore, the importance ofcitizens and the vital role of Urban management and local states in the development ofurban life would be highlighted and the necessity of locally–oriented action toovercome global issues was stressed.Mentioned issues, the study sets forth a description on major terminologies andexpressions utilized within the body of article as well as a comprehensive list ofreferences.