Evaluation and Analysis of Urban Spatial Development within the Framework of Smart Growth Model with Emphasis on Density, Landuse and Transportation Indicators (Case study: Rasht)

expansion of cities and consequently horizontal scattering of cities have caused numerous problems in most countries of the world. Much efforts have been done for the elimination of negative effects of development of cities, mostly through “smart growth” guideline as one of the solutions to tackle “scattering” of cities development. Therefore the goal of this research is to evaluate spatial development of city of Rasht with respect to proportionate value aligned with smart growth indices. Used research method is descriptive-analytical. Required data were gathered from studies of documents in the form of survey (questionnaire) using Heldern models, Shannon’s entropy, relative entropy, Gini index, and WASPAS model and GIS software.The results show that in the 40-year period from 1976 to 2016, 59% of the city's growth was due to population growth and 41% was due to sprawl growth. In all time periods, the phenomenon of dispersion has been effective in the spatial development of Rasht, but this phenomenon has been oscillating in the descending and ascending periods of time, which is inferred. In each 10-year period, the increase in urban population has led to the occurrence of creep in the next period. Therefore, increasing urban population is the first and most important reason for urban growth, smart growth; in addition to the balanced distribution of population in urban areas, seeks the optimal use of land, which is equal to the results of research in five areas of Rasht in all components of smart urban growth. , Are different from each other and do not have the same situation; that is, the balanced population resides in urban region. It should be mentioned that 5 districts and regions of city of Rasht do not have similar status. Region 5 has the worst status in urban smart growth elements between regions of city of Rasht with weight of 0.423 and regions number 1,3 and 4 stand in other ranks with weights of 0.535, 0.814 and 0.873, respectively. Also region 2 of Rasht has the best status in urban smart growth with weight of 0.878.