Planning for the Revival of Urban Entrances Using the Seaside Identity Recognition Approach (Case Study: East Entrance of Bandar Abbas City)

The purpose of this study was to plan the revitalization of urban entrances by identifying the identity of coastal cities at the eastern entrance of Bandar Abbas. The research method was descriptive-analytical and was of survey type and in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this study consisted of 20 experts, experts and experts in urban management and urban planning. In this study, stratified random sampling method was used. A researcher-made questionnaire designed for gathering data consisted of 26 questions covering the dimensions of environmental-ecological identity, spatial physical identity, socio-cultural identity, economic identity, historical identity that was considered. The data were analyzed by SPSS 23 software and used to prioritize the factors considered by AHP analysis and Expert choice software. The results of this study showed that according to the mean of variables which is above the theoretical average, it can be said from the viewpoint of respondents that the city's identity factors (economic indicators, historical indicators, physical-spatial, socio-cultural and environmental-ecological) can be in Bandar Abbas. The eastern entrance planning of Bandar Abbas is impressive. Also, the ranking of city identity factors is as follows: historical identity with relative weight (0.402) in the first place, physical-spatial identity factors (0.224) in the second place and economic identity factor with relative weight (0.151) in Third is the importance.