Developing an Appropriate Model to Achieve Optimal Distribution of Sport Facilities in Tehran City

This study aimed to develop an appropriate model to achieve optimal distribution of sport facilities and identify those factors that affected the realization of sport per capita in Tehran city. This study was applied – developmental and descriptive – analytical in terms of data analysis. Factors were identified using multi-stage Delphi technique questionnaire and data were analyzed using SPSS and Mic Mac software. The results showed that four important factors were identified to achieve the model of optimal distribution of sport facilities using the Delphi technique; they were categorized in 12 key factors using the Mic Mac software. Finally, these factors were proposed in 4 political, economic-financial, physical-space and cultural planning domains. Political domain (with the highest score) was the most influential factor; the second factor was physical-space and the third one was economic-financial and the last factor was the cultural domain.