Analysis of Ilam City Development Strategies Using the AHP Model

By change of the city planning viewpoints, the common procedures which is related to city development preparation and approval has changed as well. These procedures will be reviewed and the city development strategies are the new and effective viewpoints for improving city planning flow. The aim of this project are determining Ilam city development strategies and prioritizing them by AHP. The current Ilam programs are physical and static, they are not made based on social and economic aspects and they are not responsive to the current needs of this city, the goals which are expected to be very low. In this project, first six main strategies are planned which are include spatial organizing, urban economic reinforcing, social livability, stable accessing, environment, good city ruling and sub-strategies based on the hierarchical tree. After preparing the questionnaire be asked to professionals and city managers to identify priorities based o paired comparison. With regard to the strategic planning and its systematic approach, the obtained weighted coefficient has priority for integrating actions. The results of integrating criteria and sub criteria show that the first priority is sustainable income, the second is decrease of air pollution, the third is spatial equity.