Evaluation and analysis of the role of urban planners and managers in sustainable urban development (Case study: The cities in Sistan region)

Abstract

Cities have different structures and functions as the centers of dwellings. The formation of skeletal elements in multiple cities is conducted by political and social players of country but it does need some contexts and background to administrate the city and meet expectations of citizen's need which depended on them to be able to give a reasonable answer to them. City and urban management are concepts which are very close to each other. Establishing the necessary conditions and backgrounds for urban holistic development will not provided without full interaction between elements of urban management, including urban planners, city managers, citizens, institutions and the city administration, council and private sector. So the goal of this paper is the evaluation and analysis of the role of urban planners and managers in sustainable urban development (Case Study: Cities in Sistan region). The research method is descriptive-analytic and is based on library studies. The results of multi-criteria classification of Electre-TRI show that based on the studied criteria, Zabol is in first place and the city of Dost Mohammad is in the second place and finally the city of Zahak is in the last place.