Localizing the criteria of new-urbanism and ranking them in traditional cities (Case Study of Ardabil)

The use of methods that can meet the diverse challenges of traditional cities is inevitable. In this regard, the purpose of researching, localizing and prioritizing the criteria of New-urbanism as a holistic approach to urbanization in traditional cities is the case of Ardabil. The research method was descriptive-analytical and the statistical population consisted of urban experts and citizens of Ardebil who met the inclusion criteria. In order to identify the criteria of New-urbanism in accordance with traditional cities, two methods of library and Delphi technique based on expert opinion were used and localization in traditional Ardebil city, using two Delphi techniques with expert opinion and questionnaire with local residents' opinion. Questionnaire and AHP technique were used to prioritize native criteria. The findings of this study resulted in the identification of 17 criteria of new-urbanism in the traditional city of Ardebil in five dimensions: 1- physical, environmental and economic (five criteria) 2- traffic and transportation (three criteria) 3- housing and urban context (Three criteria) 4- Management and participatory system (three criteria) 5- Social, historical and traditional (three criteria). The research findings in the field section showed that traffic and transportation dimensions with weight 0.194 ranked first, housing dimension, urban texture 0.223, second, physical, environmental and economic respectively 0. 160. Third place, management dimension and participatory system with weight of 0.097 ranked fourth and finally social, historical and traditional dimension of weight 0.063 ranked fifth and out of 17 indigenous criteria, pedestrian with weight of 0.223 ranked. First, high density in textures weighing 0.144 second, sustainability in neighborhood structure, and emphasis on public transport and diversification weighing 0.88 in the third rank and planning criteria. And strain weighing0.013, social interactions, weighing0.012and benchmark the context of historical value with a weight of 0.006respectively in the ranking of the Hereafter low priority.