Evaluation of Quality of Life in Metropolitan Areas in a Developing Country Context: The Case of Tabriz, Iran

In developing countries, one of the critical issues in urban planning is investigating and recognizing quality life (QoL) metropolitan areas preparing a comprehensive solution for it. Recognition QoL indicators evaluating their situation different significant aspect development areas. The present study aims to evaluate defined Tabriz Metropolis. After identifying effective criteria, pairwise comparison was conducted by AHP method find weights. Then, ten Municipality Districts three towns located area, including Basmenj, Sardrood, Khosrowshahr, were ranked using models VIKOR, ELECTRE, MORRIS. results indicated that districts 5, 2, 9 among municipality got highest ranks had better than other districts. On hand, 1, 4, 6 have no good conditions terms QoL. Among studied towns, Sardrood has regarding others.