Upgrading Slum Textures of Bushehr city (An Application of CDS Approach)

Slum textures are one of the inevitable consequences of city expansion, which can be the source of many undesirable economic, social and structural problems. Choosing an appropriate urban management strategy can play a crucial role in improving urban structure in its different areas including the slums. The aim of this research is to determine the priorities in upgrading the slum texture of Bushehr city with an emphasis on the level of livability and urban good governance, using AHP method. Therefore, according to experts opinions the priorities of livability and urban good governance sub-indicators and the priorities of slum texture neighborhoods for upgrading were determined. The sampling method was non-random and purposive. According to the results, in the slum neighborhoods, sub-indicators of livability including health, quality of economic indicators (job satisfaction and income level) and the sub-indicators of urban good governance including the rule of law and corruption control are in priority, respectively. The priority of the seven slum neighborhoods of Bushehr for upgrading is respectively as follows: The Third Tangak, The Second Tangak, The First Tangak, Saretol, Rayani, Rishehr and Emamzadeh.