Strategies for climatic design for sustainable urban housing development (case study of Nur City, mazandaran, Iran)

Abstract. In the modern age, given the important function of cities in the current instability,the theory of sustainable urban development has taken on a critical importance, particularly when sustainable urban development assumes a greater importance in housing sector due to the far-reaching effects of housing on urban environment in an attempt to realize the goals of sustainable urban development. The topic of the establishment of thermal equilibrium between body and the environment is one of the basic requirements for human comfort, in that such equilibrium depends on a mix of different ecological and physiological factors. Thus, the climate study of architecture in every region is required to be in accordance with the climate conditions of the region, because design has its own unique characteristics in every region, in that it conforms to principles and natural and ecological characteristics of its bed with respect to the criteria of visual beauty. As a result, with a documentation study and field survey, the study attempts to offer strategies for climatic design in the city of Nur so as to develop sustainable buildings, which has been accomplished. Nur City can provides the best compatibility with the environment by means of certain climatic potentials in its region in the face of the constraints and facilities of its design bed, as well as suitable environmental conditions for residents; therefore, its urban fabric is shaped in line with climatic and ecological conditions so as to achieve the goals of urban sustainable development with better and more effective function.