Increasing rate of world population growth has tremendous and
Of ten detrimental impacts on natural environment of our planet.
Unreasonable consumption of non-renewable sources of energy,
deforestation, and the extinction of species are among these impacts.
There are many who believe that global warming which is resulted
due to population :growth, urbanization and over and irresponsible
consumption is now seriously threatening cities and inflict non-repairable
damage on world climate. Our urban planning, under the
influence of classic development model and cliche urban
development models which ignore local ecological conditions have
not only caused the unsustainability conditions in our cities, but the
whole regions (Bahriany, 1378a). It seems that the sustainable
development concepts are perfectly compatible with the goals and
purposes of new urban planning, and, therefore, these concepts may
be used as effective tools to achieve sustainability in urban areas
(Bahrainy, 1378b).Many scholars, analysts, and even politicians are
convinced that any change in the existing conditions of cities
towards sustainability requires a major change in our thought, or a
radical change in our way of thinking and action . But few have gone
any further to provide the practical means for such a change
(Bahrainy, 1375). In this paper, efforts are made to; following a
review of the origin of the concept of sustainability, definitions and
purposes of sustainability and its application in urban development;
a general framework will be developed through which, practical
guidelines and implementation mechanisms will be introduced to
achieve sustainability in the urban areas.
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