Evaluation of City Prosperity Index in Iranian-Islamic Cities: A Case Study of Ahvaz Metropolis

Masoud SAFAEE Pour (), Said Maleki (), Hoseen Hataminejad () and Masoud Modanlou ()
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Masoud SAFAEE Pour: Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Said Maleki: Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Hoseen Hataminejad: Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Masoud Modanlou: Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), 2017, vol. 05, issue 04, 1-21

Abstract: The rapid growth and development of Ahwaz city has many problems, such as the formation of marginal areas without a waste-water treatment system, the existence of industrial, agricultural and domestic waste water sources around Karun and the presence of undesirable dust deposits. Paying attention to the development of Ahvaz city is an inevitable necessity. Accordingly, this study aims to measure, analyze and prioritize the urban areas of Ahvaz in terms of prosperity components, including productivity, development infrastructure, quality of life, equality and social inclusion, environmental sustainability and urban governance, which are very important for the realization of urban development. The data required in this research are collected from organizations and statistics of 2015. The weight of the criteria and the incompatibility ratio are calculated by the method of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). In this research, ELECTRE I method is used to prioritize options. After calculating the standardized matrix, the matrix of compatibility and incompatibility, the difference between the values of mastery and failure was calculated. ArcGis 10.4 software is used to draw the map.

Keywords: Productivity; infrastructure development; priority; multiple criteria decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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