Introduction to Transit Oriented Development (TOD) approach to address urban sprawl

The rapid expansion of metropolitan areas which has been termed urban sprawl - referring to acomplex land use pattern- is an imbalance between urban spatial expansion and underlyingpopulation growth. This study present transit oriented development (TOD) as an approach toaddress urban sprawl. TOD often implies comprehensive and transit-based land use planning forurban areas. First, there are urban sprawl and TOD definitions and then considers institutionalissues in TOD planning process. Station area planning as a major step in planning process andmodeling of TOD are argued in next part. This article concludes that planning for TOD shouldbe integrated with urban and regional planning. Moreover, station area planning in TOD, shouldconsider the existing and proposed land use patterns and form and direct of urban growth.

کلیدواژه ها:

Transit oriented development ، Urban sprawl ، Land use