Strategic Analysis of Urban Development Plans in the Metropolis of Mashhad in Order to Improve Urban Development Management by the SWOT Method

Abstract

Urban development plans are plans that define the directions and priorities of urban development and various dimensions of physical - spatial, functional, economic, social and ... They help implement the city's construction projects better, as well as better time and cost management. These projects have undergone major changes in Iran over the past half century. The current study sample is the city of Mashhad, which, due to its large size and population, requires the use of the most comprehensive and complete principles of urban planning to guide and control urban development, and over the past few decades has witnessed the drafting of three comprehensive plans of khazeni, mehrazan and farnahad in three different time periods from before the Islamic Revolution to after. This research has analyzed the strategic analysis of three comprehensive projects of khazeni, mehrazan and farnahad in relation to civil management and urban development of the city of Mashhad using the descriptive - analytical research method and relying on the SWOT analytical method. The most important results of the strategic analysis of the urban development plans of the city of Mashhad include: controlling the horizontal development of the city fabric and directing the city towards intrinsic development, social, economic and religious tourism development of urban centers, development of open and green urban spaces in connection with and connecting with different parts of the city of Mashhad, strengthening and per capita development of service spaces in different parts of the city, improving the structure of urban management and realizing integrated and coordinated management within and around Mashhad, development of public transport network especially around the city and preserving the old fabric of the city and its demographic structure in order to preserve historical and identity functioning it's the big city of Mashhad.