In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Geography and Urban Planning Association

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Shahid beheshti University

10.30473/psp.2025.75745.2782

Abstract

Renovation plans for dilapidated urban areas face serious challenges in their feasibility and implementation due to the conflicting interests of stakeholders, especially residents and urban management. This article aims to present a balance model called the win-win method to provide the maximum feasibility of renovation plans by creating a balance between short-term benefits and long-term sustainability. In this regard, factors affecting residents' reluctance to participate, including economic costs, social factors, land issues, specific life patterns, and weak enforcement of laws, have been identified and analyzed.
The proposed method is based on creating a "Balance of Demands Model" in a systematic framework in which four key factors: 1-Cost, 2-Standard Construction, 3-Participation, and 4-Local Common Patterns are analyzed in an overlapping manner to determine the optimal range of interaction between the parties. This model is implemented in four stages: feasibility and identification of existing systems, conflict of demands, urban plan stakeholder group, and design of a new functional system.
A field evaluation of this method in the Nematabad neighborhood of Tehran showed that by forming specialized and popular working groups and adjusting urban management demands in the short term, residents' willingness to participate in renovation has increased significantly.
As a result, the win-win approach, by smoothing the path and reducing the short-term demands of urban management, benefits both parties in a way that leaves them satisfied with the situation. By transforming confrontations into beneficial cooperation, it provides a platform for reaching a mutual agreement.

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