“New urban management should strengthen the positive and strong aspects of Tehran’s metropolitan viability, including infrastructure, public transportation, health, security, participation and social cohesion,” secretary of IUESA Seyyed Mohsen Tabatabaei Mozdabadi added.
Noting that cities’ viability and sustainability are both attractive and at the same time undeniable necessity for the future of human urban life, he said, “viability is, in fact, the achievement of good urban planning or sustainable development, and it includes many other concepts, such as quality of life, ecological sustainability, vitality, equality, justice, security, participation, health, etc.”
Stating that across the world, governments, institutions, institutions, planners and researchers are all looking to find ways to build viable cities, the official added, “These cities consume less energy and resources, have more cohesive communities, show innovation and creativity, and offer better living conditions”.
Mentioning that the Economist in its annual reports examines the viability status of the world’s cities based on numerous social, economic, and environmental factors, and ranks them, he further said, “Cities like Vancouver, Melbourne, Vienna, and Toronto are at the top of the world’s most viable cities every year”.
“In the 2011 report, 7 cities in Australia and Canada were among the top 10 cities in the world on the viability, which have maintained this trend by 2017, with only slight changes in their rankings,” Tabatabaei said.
Stressing that in 2011, among 10 cities at the end of this table, with 140 cities, there were cities such as Harare, Dhaka, Lagos and Karachi, and Tehran ranked 133, he said, “but in the 2017 ranking, Tehran with its six steps made its way from the lowest ten cities and ranked 127th . Among the cities of the world, it has had the highest growth rate in terms of viability, so that a city like Dubai has a lower growth index than Tehran”.
“This growth trend is promising. This growth indicates that moving in the path of sustainability and viability in the metropolis of Tehran is positive and, of course, needs to be accelerated further,” Secretary of IUESA went on to say.
He counted the highest decline in 140 cities in Damascus, Syria, Ukraine and Detroit in the United States, and said, “one of the reasons for the growth and improvement of Tehran in the field of viability in recent years is undoubtedly the infrastructure and transportation, which over the years has been a step forward in promoting public transport and increasing metro and BRT lines. In addition, issues related to citizenship participation have also been effective in this regard”.
“Tehran has a much more favorable situation in some of the indicators of viability, such as security and health, and is located among the cities like Kuala Lumpur, Moscow and Dalian,” he added.
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