Evaluation and Ranking of Urban Neighborhoods Prosperity of District 18 of Tehran Municipality

Urban prosperity was formally introduced in 2012 by the UN-Habitat Program. This concept includes six dimensions of productivity, infrastructure, quality of life, equity and social inclusion, environmental sustainability and governance and legislation. District 18 of Tehran municipality is faced with sprawl development, destruction and increase of environmental pollution, lack of attention to the urban renewal, decay texture, increased cost of services and expansion of informal settlement and poverty. Sadeghiyeh neighborhood has undergone social, cultural, economic and physical degradation in recent years. In this study, neighborhoods of this District were surveyed and ranked based on urban prosperity indices. In this research, library and documentary study was used to formulate the theoretical framework and to determine indicators, field observation was used to identify the status of objective indexes, and a questionnaire was used to identify the state of subjective indexes of urban prosperity. Numerical taxonomy model and ARC GIS, SPSS and EXCEL were used to analyze this data and information and final evaluation of the flourishing indices of these neighborhoods. The results of the research show that the study area has so far not enjoyed prosperous policies and programs and the establishment of spatial and service justice. In addition to preparing this plan, this damage necessitates a rethinking of the planning and executive measures of the area. One of the most important aspects of this review is the thematic and local comprehensiveness of the region's prosperity and districts and to attract inclusive participation of citizen from the policy-making stage to the implementation.