Payame Noor University Journal of Urban Ecology Researches 2538-3930 16 2 2025 06 22 Investigation and Evaluation of Land use in Iranian Cities Case study: 12 urban area of Isfahan Investigation and Evaluation of Land use in Iranian Cities Case study: 12 urban area of Isfahan 153 176 11467 10.30473/grup.2024.69871.2816 FA Bahman Kargar Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Police Force University and Islamic Azad University, Yadgar Imam Khomeini (RA), Shahr-e Rey, Iran Ali Bagheri Ph.D. Student, Department of geography and urban planning, Islamic Azad University, Yadgar Imam Khomeini (RA), Shahr-e Rey, Iran Esmail DALIR . Lecture, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2023 12 02 Land use assessment is the main core of urban planning and provides the possibility to formulate and draw the appropriate arrangement of urban uses in a geographical area. In recent decades, due to urban issues and problems, evaluation of urban land use has gained a special place and through it, it is possible to understand the distribution and performance of land uses. In this regard, the present study, which is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in nature, evaluated the number of 23 types of land use in 12 urban areas of Isfahan quantitatively and qualitatively. For this purpose, multi-source geographic data was considered for quantitative and qualitative technique, and documentary and library methods were used in data collection. In data analysis, evaluation matrices, spatial coefficients model, standard indicators approved by the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture were used through analytical tools of SPSS and GIS software. The results showed that the uses of urban:green space, cultural, educational, health and treatment, tourism and hospitality, social services, were less than the per capita standard approved by the Supreme Council of Urban .In the analysis of the spatial coefficient, urban services were in an unfavorable situation compared to the existing average of Isfahan city. In the qualitative evaluation, most of the urban uses were not in a good condition due to being located in the inefficient contexts of informal settlements. Land use assessment is the main core of urban planning and provides the possibility to formulate and draw the appropriate arrangement of urban uses in a geographical area. In recent decades, due to urban issues and problems, evaluation of urban land use has gained a special place and through it, it is possible to understand the distribution and performance of land uses. In this regard, the present study, which is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in nature, evaluated the number of 23 types of land use in 12 urban areas of Isfahan quantitatively and qualitatively. For this purpose, multi-source geographic data was considered for quantitative and qualitative technique, and documentary and library methods were used in data collection. In data analysis, evaluation matrices, spatial coefficients model, standard indicators approved by the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture were used through analytical tools of SPSS and GIS software. The results showed that the uses of urban:green space, cultural, educational, health and treatment, tourism and hospitality, social services, were less than the per capita standard approved by the Supreme Council of Urban .In the analysis of the spatial coefficient, urban services were in an unfavorable situation compared to the existing average of Isfahan city. In the qualitative evaluation, most of the urban uses were not in a good condition due to being located in the inefficient contexts of informal settlements. https://grup.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_11467_479b199dcf5b955e189c5d46a3ceeb04.pdf