The Role of Optimal Use of Lands in the Development of Lar City

Planning for the development of cities at first needs the recognition of their fundamental features. This planning can be of much importance in portraying the future. Attainment of the goals of developmental plans on any grounds is due to its enforcement on different regional levels. Thus, if the development plans cannot design and locate the landuses proportional to land capabilities and physical spaces, we should expect disorders in the future development. In this study, the required data and information have been gathered using library method. We have taken benefit of aerial images and different types of topographic and geologic maps as the main instruments, and part of data has been gathered through filed studies and interviews. The main technique used in this research is a combination of the present situation and urban developmental indices and land capabilities of Lar city. The Data have been analyzed and examined by the use of different maps such as the historical trend of development, geology and topography of this city. Then, the urban limit of Lar city has been stratified according to regional natural risks such as hillside instabilities, earthquakes and floods using computer softwares, and the areas subjected to risks have been separated. Moreover, salinity of water and the type of soil as well as effective parameters have been determined by the use of different models and according to the sort of climate for a favorable urban development. Results show that the development of this city towards north, northwest, and south is restricted because of high lands; therefore, western parts of this city account for the best urban development with regard to the integrity of lands, flat topography and other factors correspondent with developmental indices.