AU - hosseinzadeh, mohhammad AU - beig babayi, Bashir TI - Structural- guideline plans feasibility in directing urban development, Case study: Tabriz metropolis PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - geospace JN - geospace VO - 20 VI - 70 IP - 70 4099 - http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-3360-en.html 4100 - http://geographical-space.iau-ahar.ac.ir/article-1-3360-en.pdf SO - geospace 70 ABĀ  - According to population growth and increasing immigration to cities; urban regions uncontrollable development, creating new residence, reducing human welfare and outbreak of many problems specially in developing countries; we feel attention necessity in urban development proposals optimum pattern preparing, changing static survey and traditional form to flexible, participation, strategic, guideline surveys. So in current research, we follow Structural- guideline plans feasibility in directing metropolitan urban development at Tabriz metropolitan. Current research methodology is applied in aim viewpoint and it is analytical- descriptive based on nature and method. Statistical societies of current research include managers, experts, University and academic elites in urban problems and barriers at Tabriz metropolitan. Sample size was estimated 200 persons based on snowball sampling method. In order to research data analysis; SWOT and SOAR strategic models and structural equations method were applied in Amos software. Research results showed that basic principal at Tabriz metropolitan development directing in recognition structural-guidelines plans planning system and urban management have 0/93 score and also economical and political ranking are 0/85 and 0/72 scores respectively. Among options transferring variables and part of decision making and deciding responsibilities in low levels (local form); attention to people role in preparing and proposal issuing; attention to facilities- financial power, municipality arrangement as plan implementation leverages have the most scores which they are 0/91 , 0/85 , 0/82 respectively. CP - IRAN IN - Departement of Geography, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran. LG - eng PB - geospace PG - 141 PT - Applicable YR - 2020