Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria

Background: Sports facilities are one of the most commonly used services in the city with a significant role in improving the physical and mental health condition of citizens thus a proper procedure is required to locate and distribute them.Aim: The purpose of this study is to design a comprehensive...

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Main Authors: ALIREZA AHMADI, HABIB HONARI, JAVAD SHAHLAEE, GHOLAMALI KARGAR, FARZAD GHAFOURI
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Published: University of Tehran 2021-10-01
Series:Sport Sciences and Health Research
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Online Access:https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_91786_5af16af4adc27dbfaf72bfba40118295.pdf
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HABIB HONARI
JAVAD SHAHLAEE
GHOLAMALI KARGAR
FARZAD GHAFOURI
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description Background: Sports facilities are one of the most commonly used services in the city with a significant role in improving the physical and mental health condition of citizens thus a proper procedure is required to locate and distribute them.Aim: The purpose of this study is to design a comprehensive model for the optimal location of sports facilities.Materials and Methods: The research method is descriptive-analytic based on information gathering and is applied research based on objectives. The opinions of 20 experts have been used to design the model using the Delphi method, and weighting the effective criteria in the sports facilities location. The weight of each criterion has been obtained as population density (0.47), access (0.31), development potential (0.14), and adjacency (0.08); furthermore, the Kendall coefficient of concordance (0.74) in the third step of the Delphi method shows the strong agreement between the experts, regarding the proposed model. The proposed model consisted of six steps: 1. Aim; 2. Verification of the functional area of the existing sport facilities and specific restrictions of the area; 3. Introducing and weighting the important criteria in the sports facilities location; 4. Identifying the most suitable locations for constructing the sports facilities; 5. Evaluating the needs of users; 6. Selecting the best spaces and prioritizing them.Results: The results of the model showed that the most important criteria for locating sport facilities are population density, access, development potential, and adjacency. Additionally, it was indicated that the agreement between the experts increased over time.Conclusion: According to the proposed model, it is possible to identify the points that are suitable for constructing the new sports facilities.
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spelling doaj-art-2ba5498a7b8e4cc79e849181e85125cc2025-08-20T03:25:14ZengUniversity of TehranSport Sciences and Health Research2981-02052021-10-0114216117110.22059/sshr.2023.333596.101191786Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteriaALIREZA AHMADI0HABIB HONARI1JAVAD SHAHLAEE2GHOLAMALI KARGAR3FARZAD GHAFOURI4Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.Background: Sports facilities are one of the most commonly used services in the city with a significant role in improving the physical and mental health condition of citizens thus a proper procedure is required to locate and distribute them.Aim: The purpose of this study is to design a comprehensive model for the optimal location of sports facilities.Materials and Methods: The research method is descriptive-analytic based on information gathering and is applied research based on objectives. The opinions of 20 experts have been used to design the model using the Delphi method, and weighting the effective criteria in the sports facilities location. The weight of each criterion has been obtained as population density (0.47), access (0.31), development potential (0.14), and adjacency (0.08); furthermore, the Kendall coefficient of concordance (0.74) in the third step of the Delphi method shows the strong agreement between the experts, regarding the proposed model. The proposed model consisted of six steps: 1. Aim; 2. Verification of the functional area of the existing sport facilities and specific restrictions of the area; 3. Introducing and weighting the important criteria in the sports facilities location; 4. Identifying the most suitable locations for constructing the sports facilities; 5. Evaluating the needs of users; 6. Selecting the best spaces and prioritizing them.Results: The results of the model showed that the most important criteria for locating sport facilities are population density, access, development potential, and adjacency. Additionally, it was indicated that the agreement between the experts increased over time.Conclusion: According to the proposed model, it is possible to identify the points that are suitable for constructing the new sports facilities.https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_91786_5af16af4adc27dbfaf72bfba40118295.pdfanalytic hierarchy processgeographical information systemoptimal locationsports facilitiesurban planning
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Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
Sport Sciences and Health Research
analytic hierarchy process
geographical information system
optimal location
sports facilities
urban planning
title Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
title_full Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
title_fullStr Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
title_full_unstemmed Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
title_short Designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
title_sort designing a model for optimal locating of sports facilities based on the urban planning criteria
topic analytic hierarchy process
geographical information system
optimal location
sports facilities
urban planning
url https://sshr.ut.ac.ir/article_91786_5af16af4adc27dbfaf72bfba40118295.pdf
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