Analyzing the resilience of urban settlements using multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) models (case study: Malayer city)

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to assess environmental resilience through the analysis of quantitative and qualitative indices on urban settlements in Malayer city, Iran. We used to assess environmental resilience, the natural, accessibility, privacy, and social indices for reducing environmental damages. To analyze the environmental resilience in urban settlements, we use the decision-making matrix, standardization of indicators based on fuzzy method, ideal indicators, matrix coefficient change based on the weight of indices, the ideal positive and negative solutions, distance measure, and the relative proximity of the ideal solution using multi-criteria decision-making method(MCDM). Also, to analyze environmental resilience indexes, we used GIS and TOPSIS software. The results show that the resilience rate in Malayer city shows essential diversity in resilience. Results of the resilience rate show the critical difference from 2.17% in deficient resilience class, 6.14% in low resilience class, 25.67% proper resilience, and 66.02% high resilience. The present study, as a regional pattern, showed the resilience rate in urban settlements using the multi-criteria decision-making method (MCDM).