A strategic analysis of the sustainable development situation of the new city of Parand

Statement of Problem: Studying and recognizing the situation of urban areas and their construction in terms of sustainability and sustainable development is one of the issues that has recently been raised in the culture of urban planning. The use of urban, social and physical service indicators can be a good criterion for determining the position of new cities and a factor in solving problems to achieve sustainable urban development. Considering that the city of Tehran is the first city in the country in terms of area and population and is the most important center of population attraction in Iran, so there are limitations in terms of facilities, the expansion of the city and also the inability to attract more population.

This is a strategic analysis of the sustainable development situation of the new city of Parand.

The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in nature and based on documentary and field findings, the subject has been studied. The data collection tool was a questionnaire and an interview. It was then evaluated using quantitative analysis methods such as AHP and SWOT.

The findings showed that the new city of Parand has not been very successful in playing its role, which is that population density is part of the population surplus and decentralization from the mother city of Tehran. A large part of this failure was due to the lack of adequate construction of infrastructure and lack of employment and activities in the city, which was also affected by inefficiency of management and planning in accordance with the needs of urban development. Also, the research results showed that the optimal model for achieving sustainable development in the new city of Parand is the smart city model, which if realized can lead to sustainable development of this city.