Mohsen Ahad Nejad; Hojjat Mohamadi Torkamani; Ghahreman Khoshrooy
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Natural disasters, specially earthquake has always been a treat for human activities, which resulting damages and losses are being seen specially in developing countries, despite technological progresses in various dimensions. Until recent decades, opinions and theories about the resulting vulnerability ...
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Natural disasters, specially earthquake has always been a treat for human activities, which resulting damages and losses are being seen specially in developing countries, despite technological progresses in various dimensions. Until recent decades, opinions and theories about the resulting vulnerability of earthquake was limited to physical factors, but recently, theories emphasize on the multidimensionality of vulnerability, and this is the concept of social vulnerability. The purpose of this research is to provide an evaluation of social vulnerability to earthquake in Tabriz city, and explaining the relationship of physical vulnerability and social vulnerability. This research presents a model of social vulnerability to earthquake, in zone 1 of Tabriz city, using 4 index of housing quality, population, economical-social, and access to specific land-uses and the related sub-indicators. At first Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) is used in order to weight indicators and sub-indicators and then final social vulnerability map is outlined after vulnerability layer(map) for each index, was created by overlapping layers in GIS. The result shows that there is a significant relationship between physical vulnerability and social vulnerability in the study area; and according to the selected indicators, the area 1 and 2 of study zone has the lowest social vulnerability and the area 5 and 3 has the most social vulnerability
Reza Mostofi; Tahereh Erfanmanesh; amir saberi; Mohammad Reza Akbari
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In most cases, distressed areas of Iran cities make up the core and main districts of cities. On one hand, they are considered as cultural and historical heritages of those cities, therefore; it is necessary to retaining physical rehabilitation and empowerment of their performance. On the other hand, ...
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In most cases, distressed areas of Iran cities make up the core and main districts of cities. On one hand, they are considered as cultural and historical heritages of those cities, therefore; it is necessary to retaining physical rehabilitation and empowerment of their performance. On the other hand, with the passage of time and as a result of lacking proper maintenance, most of the tissues suffer from exhaustion and collapse of their physical and functional. Along with social, economic and cultural changes and new technologies, urban tissues have also been changed since the city like other synthetic man-made phenomena will change over time. Iran's most ancient and densely populated cities have such a preparing vulnerability layer (map) for each index, final social vulnerability map is outlined created by overlapping layers in GIS. Also using TOPSIS Technique, five areas under the study have been ranked based on social vulnerability. Findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between physical vulnerability and social vulnerability in the study area. Further in unit district analysis, the area 3 has the most social vulnerability to earthquake and the others are ranked 5,4,1,2 respectively.
Mohammad Shaikhi; Najmeh Aghamohseni fashami
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Tehran metropolis encounters different problems like many metropolises in developing countries.these problems including existence of different concentrations in it which has been the source of many problems. That subjects and ways always are proposed in direction of balance these negative consequences ...
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Tehran metropolis encounters different problems like many metropolises in developing countries.these problems including existence of different concentrations in it which has been the source of many problems. That subjects and ways always are proposed in direction of balance these negative consequences in political and scientific assemblies consequently . capital transferring is one of the cases that is addressed in order to decreased concentrations in Tehran metropolis frequently . but it has not been applied ever . In this research which is performed in descriptive - analytic way and also using documentary studies and interviewing with experts . therefore we want to pay attention to the value of administrative - political capital transferring policy by it’s effect on decentralization of Tehran metropolis . according to the research findings . it doesn’t seem that this policy can be successful to access the purpose of decreasing Tehran metropolis’s problems and consequently to be followed as a moderate policy in order to decrease the concentration in Tehran city and also to adjust the national imbalances . at the same time . we can assume more practical ways except capital transferring at national and Tehran metropolis levels which are effective in direction of balance the metropolis’s problems and even in countries.town.planning
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Today, with the rapid development of urbanization, lifestyle changes, neglect of public life and poor urban management, public spaces in urban neighborhoods have been neglected. City public spaces because they belong to all citizens and all citizens without any discrimination and have access restrictions ...
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Today, with the rapid development of urbanization, lifestyle changes, neglect of public life and poor urban management, public spaces in urban neighborhoods have been neglected. City public spaces because they belong to all citizens and all citizens without any discrimination and have access restrictions can play an important role in local sustainable development. Despite these spaces in cities and discover why it is necessary again. This study aimed to understand the role of public space in local sustainable development through the components of citizenship, vitality, sense of belonging and identity, participation and engagement, in the city. A sample Volume By Cochran 120 set at 95 percent and The data set used in this qualitative study through questionnaires Yusef Abad neighborhood residents were gathered at Shafaq Park. To determine the relationship between public space and local sustainable development Pearson correlation test was used. The results showed a direct correlation, between the components of the study are positive and significant . As well as through analysis of variance showed that the statistically significant regression and strengthening public spaces to local sustainable development.
Mitra Azimi
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Both men and women deploy city spaces corresponding to their social roles and responsibilities. Since women have always been directly in contact with family and society, they should be considered at the center of attention in urban planning and construction. ...
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Both men and women deploy city spaces corresponding to their social roles and responsibilities. Since women have always been directly in contact with family and society, they should be considered at the center of attention in urban planning and construction. However, urban planning has been consolidated on the patriarchal implementations and understanding of men’s need. That is why urban policy makers believe that considering the gender equalities should be above all decision making for reshaping the cities. To address the issue, this article attempts to sheds light on the concepts of ‘understanding the needs of both men and women in construction of urban spaces’, ‘recognition of the crucial elements in women-friendly city’ and ‘elucidation of women’s role in urban planning. In doing so, both library research and deeds survey will be customized. Thereafter, according to the literature, the suitable theoretical framework will be adopted so that the strategies and the developmental attempts could be done.
Hasan Sajadzadeh; Faeze Mohamadi
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Open urban spaces are the most important places for social interactions among citizens. They represent the civil life of a city and act as a place where the majority of social events take place. In many contemporary Iranian cities, however, urban spaces are viewed as places for passage and do not usually ...
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Open urban spaces are the most important places for social interactions among citizens. They represent the civil life of a city and act as a place where the majority of social events take place. In many contemporary Iranian cities, however, urban spaces are viewed as places for passage and do not usually encourage people to deliberate and establish social relationships. Increasing overemphasis on speed, technology, and time has affected scales and caused the needs of pedestrians to be neglected. As a result, the deterioration of the quality of urban streets has reduced social interactions. A big challenge in the area of urban design is to improve the quality of urban life and social interactions. The present study therefore seeks to investigate the influence of environmental quality on the improvement of social interactions. For this purpose, the literature on the components of environmental quality in streets was reviewed and five of the most important components were selected. The selected components were used to develop a questionnaire which was given to 350 randomly selected subjects. The results were then analyzed in SPSS by means of inferential and descriptive statistical techniques such as t-test, one-way ANOVA, step-by-step regression, and Pearson test. Findings indicate that dynamicity, access, and comfort are the most influential components and identity has the lowest influence on the environmental quality and the attendance of citizens in the urban space of Imam Khomeini Street in the city of Amol.
Firooz Jafari; Afshar Hatami; Sepideh Noori
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To achieve a sustainable society, it is necessary to recognize the levels of vulnerabilities versus natural risks and root the causes of socio-physical differences. Based on this, recognizing vulnerability and socio-spatial pattern of that is the base of policy making toward reducing vulnerability and ...
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To achieve a sustainable society, it is necessary to recognize the levels of vulnerabilities versus natural risks and root the causes of socio-physical differences. Based on this, recognizing vulnerability and socio-spatial pattern of that is the base of policy making toward reducing vulnerability and increasing resiliency. The objective of this research is to evaluate and rank the levels of socio-physical vulnerability of Ardabil province counties versus earthquake. This research from view of objective is applied and from view of nature and research method is a descriptive - analytic study. The required data for the study has been gathered from the reports of population and housing sections of national census center. To rank the counties in terms of distribution index, TOPSIS and to express the relationship between variables geographical weighted regression (GWR) has been used. The results of research indicate that in terms of social vulnerability Pars Abad County is on the very high zone and Ardabil County is on the very low zone. In contract, in terms of physical vulnerability, Meshkin County is on the very high zone and Ardabil County is on the very low zone. The results of combination of social and physical indexes in TOPSIS model showed that, Ardabil County with score of 0.580 is on the very low zone and Meshkin County with score of 0.411 is on the very high zone of vulnerability. Finally analysis of geographical weighted regression (GWR) indicated that there is direct and significant relationship between population and vulnerability.
