Study of spatial planning challenges of Iranian metropolises with the focus on the new economic system (case study of Tabriz metropolis)

The purpose of this article is to investigate the effectiveness of the urban spatial organization approach and metropolitan areas of Iran based on changes in modern economic structures with emphasis on the metropolis of Tabriz. Because it seems that in the conditions of incompatibility of the spatial structure of metropolises, which are the cause of growth of national economies and enhance the international and global position of countries, with the role and function commensurate with the changing structures of the world economy, the problem of physical contradictions They will face and the way to globalization of the country through big cities will be blocked for them.

In this article, the basic principles for urban and regional spatial planning and the need to pay attention to the role and position of metropolises using the opinions and theories of experts in this field such as Daniel Bell, Fritz Ma Klopp, Alvin Toffler, Frank & Bed, Youngji Masuda, Simon Nora, Alan Monk, Mark Avery Pourat and Manuel Castells, who have views related to the information society, have been studied and the theoretical foundations of Tabriz metropolitan development plans have been compared.

 In terms of methodology, data collection and analysis has been descriptive and secondary analysis, which has advanced the research work under the branches of survey and case study.Also, in the analysis of this article, content analysis, comparative and test methods have been used.

The main findings of the article are the characteristics of metropolitan space organization based on the requirements of the information society and the use of information paradigm in compiling the ideas and documents of urban development plans and regions of Tabriz metropolis that have been prepared since 1989.