Environmental Planning for Identifying, Analyzing and Solving Environmental Problems of the City of Rasht Based on Applying Creative Problem-solving Techniques

Increasing and accumulating environmental problems in the city of Rasht and its surroundings and consequently environmental degradation of this city indicates that on the one hand, the importance of correct, radical and purposeful identification of problems and choosing problem-finding-problem-solving procedures in this citys planning process has not been properly taken into account. On the other hand, traditional urban planning approaches have not been efficient in dealing with these problems and solving them. In response to these problems, some of the planning scholars have emphasized on the necessity of integrating environmental problems in urban planning processes and transformation of urban planning from traditional approaches to environmental planning approach. This paper addresses the issues of how to find environmental problems, how to redefine and analysis them, how to solve them and how to enter into the phase of prescription. To achieve this, the problem-finding process for the city of Rasht consists of combining the results of two parallel paths: First- applying documentary method of research and determining problems which can be found from the analysis of planning documents. Second- using descriptive method of research, preparing and completing questionnaires and analyzing them with the assistance of SPSS software to detect problems based on citizens�s views. Then by applying the Creative Problem-Solving Techniques (Goal Orientation Technique and Fish Bone Technique), these problems will be redefined and analyzed. Finally, the results of Goal Orientation Technique and Fish Bone Technique will aid to apply the new approach of environmental planning and design environmental plan to deal with environmental challenges of this city. The results of this research shows the advantages of integrating creative problem-solving techniques and environmental planning approach for redefining and analyzing environmental problems and developing environmental plan to solve environmental problems of the city of Rasht.