Spatial evaluation and measurement of sustainable urban development with a healthy city approach (Case study: Tehran metropolis)

Healthy city approach examines the quality of life of the people of a society from the environmental aspect, community health, individual and social living environment, social welfare, etc. In this descriptive-analytical research, with the aim of identifying the indicators of a healthy city, the environmental situation of Tehran was evaluated and compared.

The statistical population is selected Asian cities and 22 districts of Tehran. The status of each of the indicators has also been collected separately from library sources and organizational references. At first, in order to determine and recognize the degree of proximity of Tehran city to the indicators of a healthy city, using the fuzzy network analysis model and Vicor ranking model, the position of this city among selected Asian cities was determined and prioritized. Then, by referring to the specific weights of the indicators and Vicor model, the ranking of each of the 22 districts of Tehran was done, in order to determine the importance of each of them in the current situation of Tehran.

The obtained results indicate that Tehran ranks sixth among the selected Asian cities, but it has a lower rank in all the examined criteria than the average values ​​obtained. Among the regions of Tehran, this survey also showed that regions 22, 18 and 6 are in the best condition and regions 9, 10 and 12 are in the worst condition.

These results show that Tehran has taken steps towards achieving the indicators of a healthy city, but due to various reasons, it has not been able to achieve these indicators in 22 regions with tasteful management. The proposed strategy is an adaptive approach and improving governance capacity.