The Pattern of Defining the Indicators of Civil Defense for Reducing Urban Vulnerability Case Study of Sanandaj City

The absence of preparations of civil defense in principles of urban planning and master & detailed plans have faced the life of cities with serious threats in militant crisis. Unfortunately, it is clear that there is not any significant consideration in these plans related to the definition of civil defense and if they exist, they have not employed in the executive process. This challenge also exists in agreement TYPE 12 as agenda for preparing the master plans of Iranian cities. The main goal of this research is explaining a model for application of civil defense in the cities master plans. This model produced and introduced as documentation of civil defense elements and identifying the urban defenseless elements, scenario making of urban threats and vulnerabilities, strategic analysis, exporting and classification of thematic strategies of civil defense and ultimately modifying agenda of Sanandaj city master plan as the basic sample. The research methodology of paper is a descriptive and analytical method that analyzes the content relying on library documentation and field study. The extracted strategies of the paper show that civil defense definition can be used in all headings of cities master plan. At the end of the paper, a model was presented to show how civil defense can be used in urban development plans in order to reduce urban vulnerability.