أهمية المؤشرات الحضرية في العملية التخطيطية واتخاذ القرار

Abstract EN

The urban monitoring process is currently one of the most important control mechanisms in the field of urban development, there is no decision without knowledge, no knowledge without information, and no information without data, these three graded levels form the cumulative structure of any knowledge pyramid, and that is the effective role of the urban monitoring process in the process of studying and evaluating urban conditions.

the planning process, in its first steps, is based on current-situation studies, for this reason we find that it is in most dire need of indicators, and drawing future goals is based on the information provided by these indicators, on this basis, indicators are indispensable for planners, and they are situated at the core of planning requirements.

in this context, the main objective of this research is (how to introduce urban indicators as an essential part in the planning process), starting with current-situation studies, evaluating and developing solutions and policies based on the results of those indicators, while using the indicators as a framework for follow-ups and evaluations in the future, and clarifying the importance of these indicators in the decision-making and the decision-taking processes.

this research will introduce programs which can apply urban indicators, it will also explain the idea of urban observatories, their importance, and their relationship to the production of indicators, presenting some international experiments in using urban indicators in assessing and classifying unplanned areas to find out the most important indicators related to them.

this research has reached some conclusions, the most important of them is that urban indicators can help those responsible for the planning process in preparing plans and policies and guiding them towards the right decisions, and that the integration between these indicators can provide a comprehensive and clear picture for any urban community, as long as it is calculated correctly based on accurate data and information.

this research will provide some recommendations; most important of them is the usage of urban indicators as a tool for study and evaluation with continuous follow-ups in the urban indicators programs and incorporating the international and national goals that are related to the management of the planning process.