Saeed Nasiri Majd1*, Manoochehr Tabibian2, Bahram Aminzadeh3

1M.Aof Civil Planning, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Qazvin, Iran
2Full Professor, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
3Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Qazvin, Iran

ABSTRACT

Crisis management includes a system of profession of using technology, architecture and management to confront

unexpected events. This management is used before, during and after the crisis to decrease most of its effects and

side effects. Nazarabad in Karaj has some problems in crisis management due to geographical situation,

watercourses and rivers, vulnerability of old texture, lack of coordination of organizations related to crisis, and

etc.Purposes of this research are: identification of effective strategies in crisis management of natural disasters by

crisis management organizations in Nazarabad and prioritizing effective strategies in crisis management. The paper

is developmental-pragmatic in terms of its purpose and descriptive-analytic in terms of method. The SWOT

technique is used to analyze data and describe strategies. The out-comes of the research show that according to

numerous weak points, threshold of vulnerability is high in the crisis management of this city and needs revision and

provision of appropriate policies to eliminate weaknesses and threats using power points and opportunities.

KEYWORDS: crisis management, natural disasters, Nazarabad, SWOT model