Incapability in development planning process of Iranian cities has led to unsuccessful results and even creation of new difficulties. Mashad, as the second-largest metropolis of Iran after Tehran and the third-most important religious city of the Islamic world, requires an efficient plan for development. Essential to this goal is the availability of necessary information about the history and the political, economic, cultural, social and geographical factors and also having enough knowledge about other developing countries' experiences. Using this information and these analyses and tested...