Taher Parizadi; Mazhar Ahmadi; Azad Rahimzadeh
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The aim of this research is a cooperative evaluation of the urban neighborhoods in district 6 of Tehran based on urban prosperity indicators. Applying urban prosperity in neighborhood planning is a new policy in sustainable urban development. This research based on the method, is descriptive-analytical ...
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The aim of this research is a cooperative evaluation of the urban neighborhoods in district 6 of Tehran based on urban prosperity indicators. Applying urban prosperity in neighborhood planning is a new policy in sustainable urban development. This research based on the method, is descriptive-analytical and in terms of aim is applied. The data collection method was documentary library-based. The WASPAS model was used to rank the neighborhoods and the entropy model was used to weight the indicators. The results of applying the WASPAS decision making model show that there is a difference between the 14 neighborhoods of region 6 than the urban prosperity indexes. The innovation of the research is the use of a comparative and new model in determining and evaluating the indicators of urban prosperity in the urban neighborhoods of Tehran's sixth district.The ranking of neighborhoods in terms of urban prosperity indicated that the three neighborhoods of Yousefabad, Keshavarz and Valiasr had the favorable status with final scores of 0.337, 0.334 and 0.259, respectively, six neighborhoods with average status and five neighborhoods (Nizami Ganjavi, Jihad, Behjat Abad, Fatemi and Jamalzadeh) are in undesirable condition and are at the superiority of urban development planning. The results also showed that the urban prosperity environmental dimension had the most neighborhoods (11 neighborhoods) with undesirable conditions
Geography And Urben Planning
Zihre Fanni; saeed najafi
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of citizens on the quality of life in urban areas that Karmandan and Islamabad neighborhoods of Zanjan city were selected as a case study. This research was applied based on a purpose and descriptive-analytical based on a nature which has been performed ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of citizens on the quality of life in urban areas that Karmandan and Islamabad neighborhoods of Zanjan city were selected as a case study. This research was applied based on a purpose and descriptive-analytical based on a nature which has been performed by using SPSS software and descriptive tests such as mean, Pearson and ANOVA. The results of research showed that the mean of social capital indicators were different in Karmandan and Islamabad neighborhoods, but in both neighborhoods the mean of neighborhood participation and leisure time indicators were lower than the average. Also, the quality of the physical environment indicators in the Karmandan neighborhood was at a high level, while the mean of housing facilities and leisure amenities were lower than the average mean. In Islamabad neighborhood, traffic safety, waste disposal and access to public services indicators were above average and also it was at a lower level in terms of these indicators relative to the neighborhood of Karmandan. Both neighborhoods have had the highest impact on housewives and retirees of occupational groups. There is a significant difference between the impact of employment and the quality of the physical environment in the Karmandan neighborhood. Whereas in Islamabad, there is no significant difference between women's employment and the quality of the physical environment. As a result, the employment of different groups of women has not affected the quality of its physical environment.
Geography And Urben Planning
Batul Majid; Saman Heydari
Volume 8, Issue 16 , September 2017, , Pages 13-22
Abstract
The neighborhoods of Tehran Metropolis are one of the most fundamental social – physical elements and are considered as important communication links between the citizens. One of the key issues in city regions is spatial identityand ignoring this matter causes the citizens do not feel like belonging ...
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The neighborhoods of Tehran Metropolis are one of the most fundamental social – physical elements and are considered as important communication links between the citizens. One of the key issues in city regions is spatial identityand ignoring this matter causes the citizens do not feel like belonging to their place of residence. Consequently, the unsustainable neighborhood is formed. The present study aims to assess and analyze spatial identity of Sanglaj as one of the old regions of Tehran in the 12th zone. The research method is descriptive-analytic and required data were collected through a survey using a questionnaire. The research population consisted of all citizens over 18 years old in Sanglaj, among whom 115 were sellected as participants throughnon-probabilistic sampling method.The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software.The results showed that there is a significant positive correletion between place-belonging, sociability, comfort, and access to service variables. In addition, it was found that there is a meaningful relationship between age and local identity as well as a significant difference between local identity and period of residence; that is those whose period of residence was longer, have evaluated the spatial identity of region better. Generally, it was found that, according to the participants, the residents’ spatial identification was not desirable in this study.
