The role of urban expansion in the changes of the villages of Neishabour

The present study examines the role of Neishabour City in the development of villages around the city. The research method is descriptive-analytical. The theoretical information is collected through the library method and then studied using statistical methods of population density and rural growth rate during different decades. The physical growth of Neishabour City has been studied using Landsat 5, 7, 8 satellite images during three periods of time (1986, 2000, 2020).. The results show that the population density of villages located around the west of the city is higher than other places. Besides, the growth of the city, in addition to the planned growth in the north of the city, has expanded unplanned in the west. Up to the year of 1425, %65 of the population of the villages around will be occupied by these residential centers. Based on the population and housing census in 2006, the high quality agricultural lands and residency around the City has caused the integration of 8 villages with a population of 4728 people with the City and be recognized as a part of the urban area. At present, 21 villages are physically connected to the City or are located at a maximum distance of 1000 meters from the City; their population in 1395 was equal to 18574 people that it will reach to 37,826 over the next 30 years