شهاب محمدزاده - دانشگاه تهران، دانشکده جغرافیا، تهران، ایران
زهرا مومنی گیلانده - Graduate of Urban Planning, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
زهرا نجفیان - ph. D student of Rural Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

AbstractCities are considered the most important social, economic, political and cultural activities. The study of the growth of urbanization shows that the growth of the urban population is increasing rapidly and the cities are facing a high rate of population growth and have not yet been able to control the problems caused by this growth. Today, the phenomenon of immigration is considered as one of the most important and complex problems of third world countries. It is obvious that our country is not far from these issues as the investigation of various studies shows; The issue of migration, especially migration from the village to the city and sustainable rural development, has been widely studied, but the immigration acceptability of villages and its relationship with sustainability issues, especially social sustainability, has been less of a focus of researchers. Regarding the city of Mahabad, it should be said that the development of this city in the past years was mostly due to the migration of villagers to the city and also the natural growth of the population. The issue of this article is the sustainable economic and social development of Mahabad city and its impact on the migration of subordinate villagers.

Keywords: sustainable urban development, Mahabad, Economic Development, Immigration