Comparative study of sustainability of Sajjad and Sarab districts of Mashhad byusing AHP and Delphi methods (in partnership with municipality of mashhad)

In order to achieve sustainable development, nowadays, many countries have been paying attention to bottom-up planning and planning for smallest urban unions (residential communities). This paper aims to promote sustainability level of Sarab and Sajjad residential communities and provide appropriate solutions for promoting quality of these communities. The results related to indicators of the residential communities in question (Sarab and Sajjad districts) were analyzed by using a descriptive-analytical and synthetic method of AHP and Delphi. The results show that Sajjad community, with a final sustainability weight of 0.794, compared to Sarab community, with a final weight of 0.357, enjoys more sustainable conditions, but in terms of sustainability level, considering residents’ opinions about indicators and weighting decision-making group’s opinions, Sajjad community enjoys better conditions in terms of social, economical, organizational and structural dimensions, while Sarab community is in a better condition with respect to ecological indicators.