ISSN 2039-2117 (online) ISSN 2039-9340 (print) Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy Vol 6 No 4 S2 July 2015 555 Analyzing the Skeleton-spatial Development in Yazd and Measuring Its Conformity with the Smart Growth Pattern Forough Ghasemi Master of Science in Geography and Urban Planning, Marvdasht, Iran Leila Jalalabadi PhD, Student in Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payam-Noor University, Po Box 19395-3697 Tehran, I.R of Iran Email: Leyla_jalalabadi@yahoo.com Morteza Yavari Department of Urban Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Zabol, Iran Leili Ovieisi MA in Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4s2p555 Abstract This article aims at and analyzing the skeleton –spatial pattern in Yazd and measuring its conformity with the smart urban growth pattern. This research is the applied type and its method is descriptive and analytic. Data gathering method has been of two methods, library and field study. To measure the skeleton farm and recognize the skeleton development pattern of the city, Garry coefficient, Mara, coefficient, Shannon Entropy model and intender model have been used. To measure the conformity of Yazd Skeleton growth pattern by using Constant development indicators ,experts were asked to do same surveys and questionnaires results of questionnaire are analyzed by using spss software .results of the research and calculating Moran and Gary coefficient , indicates that according to the degree of gathering and dispersion of population and activity ,Yazd follows a random to sprawl pattern .Copulating Shannon Entropy also confirms the urban sprawl growth in Yazd . According to the results of Heldern model 60 percent of Yazd growth during 1981 to 2011 , is related to population growth and 40 percent is based on city’s spiral and horizontal growth that has led to the reduction in population compression and increase in shared urban land at last expansion in Yazd horizontal spiral form .Measure the growth pattern conformity and development of Yazd with the indicators of smart urban growth pattern indicates its lock of conformity ,The final result would be that during the past few decades ,growth and development pattern in Yazd been desirable and is not conforming to Smart Urban development. Keywords: Physical Development,Growth Aspral, Smart Growth, Heldern Model,YazdCity Introduction 1. Urban development on its developing course has been quite balanced since its beginning till now, as in most urban sites, All Urban elements have been of an extraordinary coincidence and superposition (1). Social –Cultural and economical transitions of 19th and 20th century derived from modernism ,has led to fast city developments and creation of big cities and city-regions and have caused basic changer in structure and their skeleton- spatial form (2) paying attention to constant urban physical development as a main necessity in urban development plans indicates the importance of this matter in reinforcing Social ,Cultural and skeleton form of city (3). And has made all the officials, managers and experts a solution (4). Urban physical development means expansion and extension of city’s Skeleton spaces (5). If the physical development is organized, rhythmical and balanced, it will be desirable .but if physical development in different parts of city is non rhythmical and disorganized, it causes urban (6). They have tried hard to remove the negative effects of dispersed distribution of cities and the most prominent of their attempts is the procedure of smart growth as one of the