An application of Meta –SWOT Tool for Comparative Analysis of Biophilic Cities Strategies with Focus on Climate Changes

In recent years, rising the environmental crisis due to urban physical growth toward surrounding natural areas, has increased the necessity of attending urban environment. One of these challenges is climate change.Using new urban views based on the environment can response to physical needs and leads to nature protection,biodiversity and increasing the quality of environment in the city and finally response to problems of climate changes. In this regard, one of the new ideas is Biophilic Urbanism. So the aim of this study is presenting an analytical model on assessing the properties of the biophilic city in five cities; Singapore,Portland,Brisbane,Perth and Berlin in response to climate changes. The methods of this study are descriptive (based on the documental studies) and analytical (by using Meta –SWOT technique), with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results show that the biophilic strategic actions in the city of Singapore are the best among the others. Also, every three objectives of the biophilic city have top importance and in reaching to an biophilic city and in response to effects of climate changes, explaining the strategies in two capabalities of forest parks and urban agriculture are the priorities (internal factors). Giving priority to environmental development rather than physical one, is the most important environmental factor (external) in reaching to the biophilic city objectives.