Analysis of spatial - physical structure - old texture of urban space in order to improve and repair (Case study: Dogonbadan old texture city)

Deterioration is a fact which has influenced most of the historic cities of Iran. What is certain in such cities, this problem has hampered the growth of the urban texture and is pushing it around. Therefore, in addition to destroying the internal texture of the historic parts of the city, it is creating huge costs upon the city by emerging new contexts. The current paper approach is descriptive-analyticand the method is combination of both field studies and documental methods. The research was conducted by using both SWOT and AHP techniques and also Expert choice software. In this research, we have assessed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of urban deteriorated contexts of Dogonbadan city. The findings obtained from above model indicate that in terms of strengths, providing renewal and development plans of deteriorated context (ultimate weight= 0.315), Existing urban services including: water, electricity, gas,.. (ultimate weight= 0.274) and confortable accessibility to urban center market and other parts of the town (ultimate weight= 0.193) are the most important factors. In the context of weaknesses, high unemployment rate (ultimate rate= 0.284), low income (ultimate weight= 0.195) and inappropriate streets (ultimate weight= 0.158), are the most important factors respectively. In terms of opportunities, locating in Oil City Dogonbadan (ultimate weight= 0.41), proximity to shopping centers of the city (ultimate weight= 0.184) and existence of residential areas around the texture (ultimate weight= 0.123), are the most important factors. And ultimately, among the threats, the factors such as: The increasing influx of immigrants into the context (ultimate weight= 0.349), negative attitudes towards living in these textures (ultimate weight= 0.216) and disregard to public participation (ultimate weight= 0.198), are the most important factors. Final analyzes in this research has led to efficient strategies to optimize and improve the urban deteriorated contexts in the Dogonbadan which have been given as details in the paper.