Investigation the Impacts of Urban Neighborhoods Ecological Index on Increasing the Sustainability of the Cities

introduction & Objective: Nowadays, because of to environmental issues and ecological cities barriers, it is necessary to pay attention to the sustainability factors. According to our role as a urban residents and researchers the main objective of this research is introducing the ecological indexes for urban cities Method: At the first, the ecological indexes of the three different district and neighborhoods area in the city of Mashhad- Iran were identified. By studied the archives, using the library studies and designed a questionnaire for residents and experts person as well, the reliable data were provided. By analyzing the data and Follow that designed a SWOT table to investigate the current status and provided a series of strategies to improving the ecological indexes of the neighborhoods. By using the QSPM model the ecological indexes of three different neighborhood were compared. Results: The results indicated that attractive strategies for the residents in all three neighborhoods are moving towards creating green infrastructure such as local green spaces, green transportation, strengthening the role of local markets and centers and reducing environmental pollution at neighborhood level. Conclusion: It is possible to live in sustainable cities with pay attention to the ecological indexes of district and neighborhoods of the cities