Table 10 Developing key strategies for greenbelt planning by SWOT analysis
From: Strategic spatial analysis of urban greenbelt plans in Mashhad city, Iran
External factors | Internal factors | |
|---|---|---|
Strengths (S) | Weaknesses (W) | |
Opportunities (O) | Aggressive SO strategies | Conservative WO strategies |
SO1. Developing an ecological greenbelt based on carbon sequestration and saving energy | WO1. Training of decision-makers to enhance the legal mechanism of protection and conservation | |
SO2. Developing a horticultural action in brown fields to create an agricultural greenbelt | Â | |
Threats (T) | Competitive ST strategies | Defensive WT strategies |
ST1. Encouraging the agricultural entrepreneurship to absorb the investment of greenbelt planning | WT1. Preparing a program to conserve the greenbelt zone for prevention the leapfrog sprawl | |
ST2. Preparing a link between recreation and elevation heights to improve the greenbelt act plan | Â | |