Analyzing and evaluating Operation of new town Alishahr based on strategic model of SWOT
Subject Areas : Urban Sociological Studies
Keywords: Opportunities, Threats, strengths, weaknesses, Sustainable urban development, New Town,
Abstract :
The idea and policy of Constructing new towns was advanced with the purpose of reducing the problems of megacities by distributing the population, better land use, and decentralization. After nearly three decades of the ratification and implementation of this idea in Iran , previous evaluations about the functions of new towns, indicates a relative lack of success of these cities. In this study, the new town of Alishahr is evaluated by using the SWOT technique. On the basis on this method, the most important strengths and weaknesses (internal environment) and also the opportunities and treats (external environment) of Alishahr were obtained by the opinions of 50 ordinary residents and 10 experts of the city Alishahr. According to the results, Alishahr has several strengthes such as several entrance points to the city, above mean latitude (sea level) and different opportunities such as Bushehr’s new airport, North Pars gas field and Eastern grounds landscaping for constructing forest park. In addition, it has weaknesses such as low sense of belonging and cooperation of residents, cultural cleavages, lack of realization of population purposes and different threats like sewage purification treatment systems of Bushehr, the existence of military forces adjacent to the city limits and the are lack of cooperation among government departments and agencies with internal and external environments .