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    Exploring the Association between the Effective Parameters on Transportation and the Process of Urban Development: Case Study Shiraz City

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Barati, Hojjat (Author) ; Shafahi, Yousef (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    The process of urbanization and the dramatic increase in residential population lead to significant development in urban area, especially in metropolitan areas, and cause unpredicted challenges for transportation planning and the mobility of dwellers and products. One of the most heated discussions in urban transportation planning during the last decades is devoted to the nexus among urban spatial development, sprawl and poly-centricity phenomena, and urban transportation system parameters. Definitely, the drivers' behaviors have also altered rapidly during this process. Besides, the complicity of the nature of transportation models for predicting the travel demand of system is inevitable....