ASSESSMENT OF URBAN WELFARE TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT USING AN INTEGRATED FUZZY AHP-VIKOR WITH A CASE STUDY

Capabilities and relative advantages of regional and local-scale urban welfare vary due to the influence of numerous economic, social and environmental factors; this causes excellence of some areas over other areas. Similarly, understanding the local and regional advantages and capabilities is considered as the basic principle of development planning and achieving urban welfare; scientific solutions of development also make sense by an explanation of the status quo. Analysis of welfare facilities available in different parts of Tehran can detect shortcomings and irregular compactions as well as the level of availability of the considered facilities throughout Tehran. Therefore, better understanding of development level of urban welfare facilities leads to recognition of strengths and weaknesses, capabilities and limitations and finally a successful regional planning. The used methods are an integration approach based on fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods, including Fuzzy AHP and VIKOR. The fuzzy AHP is used to determine the weights of criteria; moreover, the VIKOR method is used to prioritize the 15 towns of Tehran province. The results showed that Tehran has the highest prioritization of sustainable welfare based on criteria related to R=0,052, S=0,0716 and Q=0,0434 and the lowest prioritization is related to Qarchak with R=0,1194, S=0,9693 and Q=0,990.