Urban Environment Quality Improvement Planning Case Study: Moft Abad Neighborhood, Tehran, Iran
Rapid enlargement and physical development of cities
have facilitated the emergence of a number of city life crises and
decrease of environment quality. Subsequently, the need for noticing
the concept of quality and its improvement in urban environments,
besides quantitative issues, is obviously recognized. In the domain of
urban ideas the importance of taking these issues into consideration
is obvious not only in accordance to sustainable development
concepts and improvement of public environment quality, but also in
the enhancement of social and behavioral models.
The major concern of present article is to study the nature of urban
environment quality in urban development plans, which is important
not only in the concept and the aim of projects but also in their
execution procedure. As a result, this paper is going to utilize
planning capacities caused by environmental virtues in the planning
procedure of Moft Abad neighborhood. Thus, at the first step,
applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), it has assessed
quantitative environmental issues. The present conditions of Moft
Abad state that “the neighborhood is generally suffering from the
lack of qualitative parameters, and the previously formed planning
procedures could not take the sustainable and developmental paths
which are aimed at environment quality virtues." The diminution of
economical and environmental virtues has resulted in the diminution
of residential and social virtues. Therefore, in order to enhance the
environment quality in Moft Abad, the present paper has tried to
supply the subject plans in order to make a safe, healthy, and lively
neighborhood.
[1] Ge, Jian., Hokao, Kazunori, Research on residential lifestyles in
Japanese cities from the viewpoints of residential preference, residential
choice and residential satisfaction, J. Landscape and Urban Planning,
2006, pp.165-178.
[2] Lansing, J. B. and R. W. Marans, evaluation of neighborhood, J. of the
American Institute of Planners, 1969, pp. 195-199.
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London, 1992.
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Tehran, 2005.
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A multi-attribute evaluation. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen,
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Honarhay e Ziba magazine, 2001, No 10.
[7] Kuyler, P., Application of multi-criteria analysis in land use decisions,
Centre for environmental management, University of the Free State,
2006.
[1] Ge, Jian., Hokao, Kazunori, Research on residential lifestyles in
Japanese cities from the viewpoints of residential preference, residential
choice and residential satisfaction, J. Landscape and Urban Planning,
2006, pp.165-178.
[2] Lansing, J. B. and R. W. Marans, evaluation of neighborhood, J. of the
American Institute of Planners, 1969, pp. 195-199.
[3] Profect, Michuel and Power, Gorden, planning for urban quality,
London, 1992.
[4] Shahr o Barname Consulting engineering, Detail plan for district 13-
Tehran, 2005.
[5] Van Poll, R., The perceived quality of the urban residential environment.
A multi-attribute evaluation. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen,
1997.
[6] Zebardast, Esfandiar, Usage AHP in urban & regional planning,
Honarhay e Ziba magazine, 2001, No 10.
[7] Kuyler, P., Application of multi-criteria analysis in land use decisions,
Centre for environmental management, University of the Free State,
2006.
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have facilitated the emergence of a number of city life crises and
decrease of environment quality. Subsequently, the need for noticing
the concept of quality and its improvement in urban environments,
besides quantitative issues, is obviously recognized. In the domain of
urban ideas the importance of taking these issues into consideration
is obvious not only in accordance to sustainable development
concepts and improvement of public environment quality, but also in
the enhancement of social and behavioral models.
The major concern of present article is to study the nature of urban
environment quality in urban development plans, which is important
not only in the concept and the aim of projects but also in their
execution procedure. As a result, this paper is going to utilize
planning capacities caused by environmental virtues in the planning
procedure of Moft Abad neighborhood. Thus, at the first step,
applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), it has assessed
quantitative environmental issues. The present conditions of Moft
Abad state that “the neighborhood is generally suffering from the
lack of qualitative parameters, and the previously formed planning
procedures could not take the sustainable and developmental paths
which are aimed at environment quality virtues." The diminution of
economical and environmental virtues has resulted in the diminution
of residential and social virtues. Therefore, in order to enhance the
environment quality in Moft Abad, the present paper has tried to
supply the subject plans in order to make a safe, healthy, and lively
neighborhood.", keywords = "Urban Environment Quality, Neighborhood Plan,Urban Development Plan, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)", volume = "4", number = "6", pages = "729-5", }