Identifying and prioritizing appropriate strategies to organize the fabric of the central part of Qhazvin city with a sustainable urban regeneration approach using SWOT-AHP techniques

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

Manuchehr Habibi ¹ , Nafise Marsoosi ² , Ismail Aliakbari ³

1 - PhD student of the Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payam Noor university, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Payam Noor university, Tehran, Iran.*(Corresponding Author)
3 - Professor, Department of Geography, Payam Noor university, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2023-06-01 Accepted : 2023-07-02 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: SWOT model, AHP model, Sustainable urban approach, Central sector context of Ghazvin city,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: In this research, the worn-out areas of the central part of Qhazvin city have been identified in terms of the intensity of wear and tear, prioritization and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of these areas. Material and Methodology: To achieve this goal, the documents, statistics and information available in scientific sources, as well as interviews with heads of households living in dilapidated contexts, experts, managers and experts related to architectural and social issues and using the fuzzy hierarchy technique of AHP model and SWOT model It has been used. In the first stage, the worn-out areas of the central part of Qhazvin city have been prioritized in terms of the severity of wear and tear. In the next step, using the SWOT model with a sample size of 417 people for a confidence level of 95% and a probability of error of 5%, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the worn-out areas of the central part of Qhazvin city have been identified. Findings: lack of service-welfare spaces in the studied area with importance factor (0.033) as the most important weakness, easy access to the main streets, market and city center with importance factor (0.024) as the highest strength, lack of plan E. Madoon is in the direction of central justice in the area of Qhazvin city with a significance coefficient (0.054). Discussion and Conclusion: The most important threat is the existence of incentive schemes (such as granting loans, increasing density, etc.) by the relevant organizations in order to increase investment and renovation with a coefficient of importance (0.032) and the best opportunity to organize the context of the sector. The center of Qhazvin city was recognized with a sustainable urban regeneration approach. 

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