Analysis of Housing Quality in the 20 Neigborhoods of Bijar City by Using Entropy and SAW Method

Mankind has always been struggling with housing as a significant need and has been trying to find a decent and rational answer to it. Thus, despite housing being a vital need, having access to ideal housing is the concern. Therefore, this study seeks to examine and analyze the quality of houses in the residential areas of “Bijar” city. The method of this study is based on a descriptive- analytical approach. For collecting the essential data, field research and library- based methods have been used, with the existing data in Iran’s statistics center for evaluating the housing quality in different districts of Bijar. At the end, considering the purpose of the research, the collected data has been analyzed using SAW technique and Entropy. The results based on the analysis of 14 indexes demonstrate that among different districts of Bijar, Halvayi and Ghalé Borjgah were the highest in terms of housing quality, with Mahmoud Abad, Takhte Alia and Takhte Sofla being the lowest.