Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ali Mohammadpour ¹
• Kheder Faraji Rad ²

¹ University of Tehran

² Tarbiat Modarres University

Abstract

Tehran as a political and economic capital city of Iran has an unsafe structure and the safety issue have not been considered until now. However, Tehran is faced several natural disasters, including earthquikes and it is essential to identifying and addressing the specific framework of urban spatial divisions for the efficient management during crisis in Tehran. This article try to answer therefore, aims to answer this fundamental question that what the appropriate zoning of the Tehran city is, with emphasis on crisis management.
The GIS and AHP combined and qualitative method were used to answer the above question. The results demonstrated that many parts of Tehran are in the areas with high vulnerability (16446.75) hectares.
The results, also showed that (10004.25) hectares of Tehran are among the areas With medium vulnerability. In addition the above results, the article conclude that the administrative divisions of Tehran is not corresponded With the determined activites and tasks of the professional committees of organization of prevention and crisis management of Tehran city, therefore, is necessary to redefine the administrative divisions of Tehran in relation to crisis management.

Keywords

• Zoning
• crisis management
• Tehran

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