Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
10.30473/grup.2025.73713.2907
Abstract
ABSTRAC This study aims to predict and assess the social and cultural impacts of the development and completion of the "Dogaz" highway in Tehran, with a specific focus on urban districts 21 and 22. Beyond examining the project's effects within these districts, considerable importance is placed on evaluating its supra-regional urban consequences.Initially, a thematic analysis using purposive sampling was employed to qualitatively identify the highway's impacts. Subsequently, a survey methodology was utilized to quantify both the positive and negative outcomes of the project, drawing upon the perspectives of urban and regional specialists and experts through a census approach.The findings indicate that the construction of the Dogaz highway, as a developmental initiative, exhibits minimal negative consequences and predominantly positive impacts. More precisely, given the highway's significant and direct influence on urban spaces within its intervention zone, the most pronounced positive outcomes include: reduced vehicle fuel consumption, decreased costs associated with land acquisition and compensation for affected parties, shortened travel times and distances, and the organization of abandoned lands surrounding the Vardavard River. Conversely, significant negative impacts identified are: restricted access for travelers to Hazrat Khadijeh Park (PBUH) and the highway's low visual quality in successive views along the Vardavard River Valley. Finally, three scenarios are proposed to mitigate the negative effects and amplify the positive impacts of this developmental undertaking.
Ghiasvand, A. (2025). Social and Cultural Impact Assessment
of the Dogaz Highway Construction in Tehran. Journal of Urban Ecology Researches, (), -. doi: 10.30473/grup.2025.73713.2907
MLA
Ghiasvand, A. . "Social and Cultural Impact Assessment
of the Dogaz Highway Construction in Tehran", Journal of Urban Ecology Researches, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.30473/grup.2025.73713.2907
HARVARD
Ghiasvand, A. (2025). 'Social and Cultural Impact Assessment
of the Dogaz Highway Construction in Tehran', Journal of Urban Ecology Researches, (), pp. -. doi: 10.30473/grup.2025.73713.2907
CHICAGO
A. Ghiasvand, "Social and Cultural Impact Assessment
of the Dogaz Highway Construction in Tehran," Journal of Urban Ecology Researches, (2025): -, doi: 10.30473/grup.2025.73713.2907
VANCOUVER
Ghiasvand, A. Social and Cultural Impact Assessment
of the Dogaz Highway Construction in Tehran. Journal of Urban Ecology Researches, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.30473/grup.2025.73713.2907
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