Measurement of Physical-Spatial Development of Urban Areas Regarding Sustainability (Case Study: 22 Regions of Tehran Metropolis)

Nowadays issues like evaluation of development level, resource allocation and sustainability are taken into account by urban planners and other people who are involved. Urban sustainability is comprehensive and multi-dimensional in big cities on the basis of which regional development level could be evaluated. Indeed, to reach improvement and overall development in the future recognition of the situation of various areas and regions is required. Meanwhile, because of physical-spatial attributes such as deficit and absence of balanced distribution of usage, intercity regions of Tehran metropolis do not enjoyed optimum development level. Therefore, with the help of topsis technique, this study deals with the evaluation of each of the 22 regions of Tehran from physical-spatial development point of view. The results indicate that among 22 regions of Tehran, region 7, with a topsis level of 0, 619 and grade 1, is the most developed region for establishing equilibrium on distribution of usage and its proportion with area and population, and region 14 with a topsis level of 0. 0048, and grade 22, is the least developed region because of disequilibrium on distribution of usage and its proportion with area and population.