An approach to Population management with an emphasis on Tehran sustainable development after the earthquake

Accelerated development of cities and the increase in urban population in recent decadeshas made planning, management and control of cities face with problem more than ever.This problem become more complicated when natural or unnatural crises occure inparticular when it acompanies with social abnormalcy in conventional local. Thereforecrisis management as a first step to reduce impressionability through community-basedmanagement planning can increase the level of safety and decline the risk of accidents.Beside the many sciences and proposed knowledge to reduce damage in time of crisis,urban knowledge can be among effective sciences and knowledge that covers a widecommunity. In fact urban knowledge due to its key role in urban development processand shaping the quantitative and qualitative aspects of development can be accounted asan influential factor in order to equip and empower urban settlements against theinevitable crises caused by natural circumstances or disasters caused by human factors ingrand scale. In this paper, through a descriptive-analytic method and data collection ondocumentary method, introduces community-based approach in disaster managementand studies the concept of sustainability in cities and the means to achieve it by using theresults of the implementation of this approach. occuring natural disasters and the lack ofproper planning in order to deal with the damage and its consequences can lead to loss ofresources and achievements that their re-realization will take years. The role of the peopleand local communities in the program and how to organize and prepare them to face crisisis among the components that determine the success or failure of crisis managementprograms in achieving predetermined goals; because the local people who see their lifeand property exposed to damage from occuring hazards, in Compared to those who donot have this feelling are more willing to participate in the preparation and deal withcrises and natural disasters. In spite of experiences in utilization of local communities inthe crisis management system, taken actions are mainly concern with facing the crisisphase.The full realization of this approach needs to increase the role of citizens inactivities pertaining to policy and decision making. In fact, from slogan management weshould reach to practical management to minimize the gaps made in the management ofdamage scene caused by the crisis and experience sustainable urban development.

Keywords:

Sustainable City , Crisis management , Community-based management , Emergencyevacuation