Culture&Territories#3

CeiED | CULTURE & TERRITORY
TABLE 3: DEVELOPING KEY STRATEGIES OF GREENBELT PLANNING
BY SWOT ANALYSIS
Internal factors
External factors
OPPORTUNITIES
(O)
THREATS
(T)
STRENGTHS
(S)
Aggressive SO strategies
SO1. Developing a national sample of sustainable
greenbelt based on urban tourism
SO2. Developing a cultural brand of sub-natural
green space to create an actual greenbelt
SO3. Enhancement of the service employments
in agricultural activities of greenbelt planning
Competitive ST strategies
ST1. Using the governmental organizations
to supply the investment of greenbelt planning
ST2. Preparing joint actions between greenbelt
planning and touristic organisations
WEAKNESSES
(W)
Conservative WO strategies
WO1. Transferring of traditional orchards into
conservative role of greenbelts
WO2. Training of citizens and decision makers
to enhance the knowledge of greenbelt planning
WO3. Using green management to improve energy
consumption of urban planning
Defensive WT strategies
WT1. Preparing a comprehensive plan to describe
chain of agriculture and urban planning
WT2. Combination of new smart skills
and traditional methods in regard of horticulture
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Competitive ST strategies helped to identify the ways that can be used to reduce
vulnerability to the external threats. For instance, the strategy “ST1: Using the
governmental organisations to provide investments of greenbelt planning” was
proposed to reduce impacts of the threat factors such as “Low economic income
in woodlands affected by climate change” and “Lack of cooperation and coordination
among governmental organisations”.
Conservative WO strategies have identified the ways to overcome weaknesses and
to benefit of opportunities. For instance, the strategy of “WO2: Training of citizens
and decision makers to enhance the knowledge of greenbelt planning” was proposed
to overcome weakness factors such as “No suitable land use plans to reduce
the loss of gardens” and “Lack of a legal mechanism to reach a greenbelt planning”.
Also, defensive WT strategies have proposed a defensive plan to solve internal
weaknesses and to prevent external threats. For example, the strategy of “WT1:
Preparing joint actions between greenbelt planning and touristic organisations” was
proposed to solve the weakness factor “No suitable land use plans to reduce the
loss of gardens” and to prevent threat factor of “Lack of necessary training for
greenbelt planning”.
CONCLUSION
Qazvin counts, with the traditional orchards, already with semi-natural protective
ring around the southern part of the city. These orchards are environmentally,
scenic and culturally considered as a unique characteristic of the city. The fruit
and other trees are air purifiers for the whole city and protect it at the time of
whirlwinds by capturing dust, as well as they offer an opportunity to protect the city
against floods and to mitigate the effects of other natural hazards. These orchards
consist of gardens without borders, which have been for centuries surrounded the
city. The irrigation methods follow still the historical procedures and practices of