Geography And Urben Planning
Mohammad hasan Yazdani; Sahar Hassanpour
Abstract
This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the distribution pattern of land uses in the district 3 of Ahvaz. Land uses were evaluated at the regional, district and neighborhood levels by calculating indices of Compactness, Herfindahl-Hirschman, Fragmentation, Simpson’s Diversity, Entropy, ...
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This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the distribution pattern of land uses in the district 3 of Ahvaz. Land uses were evaluated at the regional, district and neighborhood levels by calculating indices of Compactness, Herfindahl-Hirschman, Fragmentation, Simpson’s Diversity, Entropy, Built-up Land Density, and analytical tools available in ArcGIS software, including ANN, DD and GWR analyzes. Therefore, this research was done with a practical purpose and a descriptive method, and the data was collected by a library method. It should be mentioned that so far a few articles have been written on the evaluation of the pattern of land use distribution by these methods and also on the case of the district 3 of Ahvaz. The study showed that in the district 3 of Ahvaz city, the existing per capita land uses wer 12 m2 higher than the standard per capita. Zone 2 had the highest density and compactness and zone 3 had the highest dispersion. Despite this, the pattern of distribution of land uses in the zone 3 showed more mixture, diversity, concentration and continuity. Spatial distribution of 46% of land uses was highly clustered and the land use direction towards the center of the district was favorable. This orientation attracted the population in the center of the district. As a result, Land uses in three Ahvaz regions do not have proper distribution and it is necessary to prepare a plan to organize land use.
