A survey on recreation management approach for central settings of Mashhad, before and after Islamic Revolution (Case study: Samen Region)

Abstract

Iran's population has risen sharply in the past few decades, so that a 49 million in 1986 population reached to a population of 70 million in 2005. The increasing population led to uncontrolled expansion of cities as well as the establishment of an unbalanced population structure and activities in the cities. As a result of such developments as well as the neglect of urban management, inner-city areas became to the damaged Areas. Mashhad can be introduced as the second largest metropolis in Iran. Each year millions of visitors enter to the city and are a large number of them tried to have settled around the shrine. The present paper studied theoverall process of renewal and rehabilitation of urban centers before and after the Islamic revolution.