Comparison of Life Quality in Unplanned and Planned Urban Neighborhoods; A Comparative Study of Goshe Gapaleh and Andisheh Town in Boroujerd

Document Type : Science - Research

Authors

1 Asociate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Msc, Department of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Ph.D Student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to campare  quality of life in two unplanned (Gosheh Gapaleh) and planned (Andisheh town) neighborhoods of Borujerd city and analysis of the objective and subjective quality of life in these neighborhoods. This research is applied and based on descriptive and analytical nature and social, physical, environmental and economic indicators are used to compare the quality of life in neighborhoods. Data Collection is done based on the library studies, and field observations. In order to assess the quality of life in the subjective dimension, 373 questionnaires are completed randomly from the statistical society. SPSS (two independent T-test) and Modeling structural equations by Smart PLS software are used for the analysis of variables. The spatial data from 2015 census blocks of Statistics Center were used for estimating the objective quality of life. Moreover social, Economic and physical indicators maps are prepared in GIS software. According to result, Andisheh neighborhood is better than Gosheh Gapeleh neighborhood in all subjective quality of life indicators expect for social indicator. Also, the general form of objective life quality proves this Finally, it can be said that quality of life is more favorable in Andisheh neighborhood than Gosheh Gapeleh neighborhood.

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