Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Sustainable Urban Development in Kermanshah

Abstract Urban development in recent decades in Iran has been associated with many damages challenges The city of Kermanshah as a metropolis has not been exempted from this rule Therefore this research has sought to examine the strengths weaknesses of urban development in the city of Kermanshah in Iran The research method is descriptive analytical and has been done with a questionnaire The software used was Excel The statistical population consisted of urban elites university professors and social activists which consisted of 100 people The sampling method was using snowball sampling The findings show that urban development has faced challenges in all economic social environmental dimensions The physical expansion of the city the high economic social poverty of the native people have been among the problems of the urban development of Kermanshah in recent decades However the development of tourism the reduction of urban violence along with the increase of cultural activities are useful solutions for the optimal management of urban development Concerns such as immigration conflicts high cultural ethnic diversity cause challenges for urban development