A Perception for Collecting an Efficient Strategy to Reorganize Informal Settlements Case Study: DIGALE Neighborhood of Urmia City

Urban marginal settlement (slum) is not merely physical problem but it is resulting from structural factors at the national and regional levels. Rapid increasing of urban population reduces the government and non-governmental organizations ability to develop and provide services and municipal facilities for that some urban low-income settlement cannot meet the housing needs in the formal way, then urban marginal settlement (slum) increases dramatically. This research tries to identify and examine the influencing factors on formation of these phenomena by using strategic planning to collect effective strategies to improve the conditions. On this basis, the internal and external influencing factors in Digale (a neighborhood of Urmia city in western Azerbaijan of Iran) are identified and analyzed. Methodology of the research was based on descriptive-analytical method by the use of survey and questionnaires and the SWOT, and AHP techniques and statistical techniques to provide the optimum strategies. The results show that this neighborhood has a long history and its identity explains some weaknesses and high vulnerability besides a potential capacity to achieve the desired perfection.