A Management Strategy within Sustainable City Context: Cittaslow

Abstract

In time of homogeneity, destinations try to differentiate themselves than competitors. One of the strategies works for differentiation is taking part in Cittaslow (slow city) network, a movement which highlights local differences. Within sustainable city context, this study aims to solve decision making problem to be a slow city and to determine the best alternative among the destinations which are under researched. In order to solve decision problem, we employed SuperDecisions. This study reveals that environmental policy is the most important criteria and Datça is the most appropriate candidate to be a Cittaslow after evaluation of all interactions between criteria.