Smart Growth Strategy in Urban Development, Principles and Approaches

The rapid urban growth and low density urban expansion have caused many difficulties for most countries in the world. This phenomenon not only has affected the urbanism policy but also has affected the environmental, social and economical problems. Urban sprawl is one of the important problems in urban expansion process and has caused many undesirable results on urban environments.This paper has provided the framework of smart growth strategy including the principles and approaches for controlling the urban sprawl and improving the urban spaces quality.In this study, the positive and non positive results of smart growth applications in urban development have debated with use the views of green space specialists.