The role of urban management in City Spatial Development Case Study Nahavand City

ABSTRACT: In this article management role in the development of urban space in the city Nahavand during Islamic revolution will be discussed. Beginning with a review of the concepts, functions and objectives of urban management, urban management in North and South countries urban management structures in detail, the role and function of urban management in the development of the city environment will be analyzed.Next structural analysis of urban management shows how policies and practices in Nahavand effect the organization and spatial development of the cityʹs current form.The physical growth Nahavand after the Islamic Revolution has experienced dramatic growth mainly in the north and northwest of the city. This study proves the poor performance of urban management and local agencies, leading to rapid physical development Nahavand City, and the formation of several towns in the surrounding tissue. Development prospects for rapid growth resulting from the adverse landscape and lack of city control and management mechanisms, makes the city Nahavand, like other small towns ,facing a crisis in Iran. The research tries to analyse this crisis in the citys spacial organization and the role and local management in this event while progrosing recommondations to solve the prablem in Nahavand