Urbanization can be seen as a process that its requirements consist of making schedule changes
and hastily refrain from in the urban systems. The aim of this paper is the analysis of the process
and priorities of urbanization in the Mashhad city with special emphasis on the period postIslamic
Revolution of Iran (1979 onward). The applied methodology is based on analyticaldescriptive
approach. We have used documental, field survey methods to collect information.
Results showed that Mashhad city as the greatest city in the southeast of Iran is facing
accelerated urbanization. The formation of marginal sectors in the surroundings of the main city
center is an important parameter for this rapid growth. Finally, we can present some solutions to
encourage private sector to play more role in the investment of housing activity.