Investigating the Viability of Cities Located in Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Case Study: Zabol City

Document Type : Science - Research

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph.D Student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Zabol has been facing the phenomenon of dust and environmental problems for many years; but few studies have been done in this regard. For this reason, the present study was carried out with a descriptive and analytical method for the living conditions of this city. In this study, Shannon entropy method was used to measure indices and Cooper's technique was used for ranking. The results were compared with the results of studies related to sample cities (Ahvaz and Urmia) that had similar or relatively similar conditions to Zabol. The results showed that the livability index in this city is 0.245762 and the difference between its six regions is significant. In addition, this city is in a more critical situation than the sample cities, but it has not received as much attention from researchers, and therefore there are no reliable statistics and information about it.

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Journal of Urban Ecology Researches
Volume 15, Vol 3 , (Series 36)
October 2024
Pages 19-32

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  • Receive Date: 15 October 2022
  • Revise Date: 13 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 14 August 2023

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