The MCDM Application in Urban Planning Projects. The CDS project of district 22 of Tehran Municipality

Bahram Abediniangerabi (), Somaye Fathi (), Hossein JONOSH Farahani (), Shirin Kamalirad () and Narges SADEGHI Golshan ()
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Bahram Abediniangerabi: Department of Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, ROBAT KARIM Branch, ROBAT KARIM, IRAN.
Somaye Fathi: Iran University of Science & Technology, TEHRAN, IRAN.
Hossein JONOSH Farahani: Department of Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Center Tehran Branch , Tehran, Iran.
Shirin Kamalirad: Department of Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, ROBAT KARIM Branch, ROBAT KARIM, IRAN
Narges SADEGHI Golshan: Department of Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, SHAHR-E-QODS Branch, SHAHR-E-QODS, IRAN

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, 2014, vol. 9, issue 3, 55-69

Abstract: This paper presents the MCDM as a potential method for using in urban planning projects. The CDS project of 22th district of Tehran is used as a case. This project has six visions that each of them has several strategies. These strategies must be prioritized for being useful for next steps of project. For this, criteria are extracted from visions, then a hierarchical structure is constructed for weighting them. Because visions have abundant strategies, ranking by AHP is difficult and vague for experts. So TOPSIS is constructed for priority of strategies and the weights of criteria that computed by AHP are used in TOPSIS. The AHP implementation steps is simplified by using the `Expert Choice' and Microsoft Office Excel is used for TOPSIS. This paper presents group decision-making using the AHP and TOPSIS as a hybrid model. The results indicate when the performance ratings are vague and imprecise, the MCDM methods are preferred solutions. It is hoped that this will encourage the application of the MCDM by urban planning experts.

Keywords: Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM); Technique for Order Preference by Similarity Ideal Solution (TOPSIS); Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); City development strategy (CDS); District 22 of Tehran. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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