Sustainable Urbanization : a Study of a Textile Town Buldan

Abstract The development of unhealthy places due to urban accumulation in urban areas and the unhealthy expansion of land use have brought about the concept of urban sustainability. Sustainable urbanization is defined by the concept of conservation-utilization balance, which provides today's needs with methods that will not prevent future generations from meeting their own needs when spatial development is targeted. Various studies on sustainable urbanization have produced more than 40 indicators of sustainable urbanization. The conscious and unconscious consumption of natural resources has been lifted in consideration of the limitations of the current resource flow, which is important for the present and future generations.The aim of this research is to outline the principles of sustainability in the light of researches on sustainable urbanization in general terms. In the field of Buldan settlement planning, which is the subject of the study, it is aimed to create spatial, environmental, economic and cultural policies and determine road map on the basis of sustainable urbanization principles. The research is based on the methodology based on strategic spatial approach, the field survey and observational studies framework and SWOT analysis. A sustainable model of urbanization has been defined throughout Buldan settlement, which is considered as a textile settlement in history. This model includes an integrated plan formulation of environmental, spatial, economic and cultural components that can guide urban planners and decision makers in the concept of sustainable development