Ranking of Health, Safety and Environmental Management Indices in the Parks of Rasht Using TOPSIS Method

The aim of this study is to evaluate the health, safety and environment indices of parks and ranking the effective indices in the management of health, safety and environment in Rasht based on their importance. At first, the effective indices including 9 safety indices, 6 health indices and 6 environmental indices, were prepared in the form of a questionnaire. The questionnaires were completed with interviews with experts in the field of management and design of parks and green spaces. Cronbach’s alpha is measured as an index of reliability, the value of Cronbach’s alpha was 0.85 in this study. It shows questionnaires are reliable. Finally, the indices were ranked based on parks using the TOPSIS method. The results showed that in general, the women's park was ranked first in terms of safety indices, Tohid Park was ranked first in terms of health indices and Mafakher Park was ranked first in terms of environmental indices. The total ranking of parks in Rasht based on safety, health and environmental indices showed that the women's park is in the first rank, Tohid and Mafakher parks are in the second and third ranks, respectively.