THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESIGN OF URBAN STRUCTURE AND ACHIEVING DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Urban Structure design is considered a critical pillar that plays an important role in shaping the urbanization process. The thesis tries to figure out whether urban structure impacts the development rates on the national and local scale. Studies and analysis are carried out on the macro and micro scale to investigate the correlation between development and urban structure formulation. The thesis is developed to include an international analysis for countries and cities in Europe and North America representing the developing countries that achieved high rates of development. From the analysis results recommendations are developed and applied to reach an urban prototype model on the neighborhood scale and tested on the city scale