Gholamreza Kazemian; Jamshid Akbari
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The change in spatial development patterns from agriculture life into industry and then, service sector, and in response, changes in spatial paradigms of settlement and development, has led to concentration of population and resources of development in cities and mega cities. This concentration is followed ...
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The change in spatial development patterns from agriculture life into industry and then, service sector, and in response, changes in spatial paradigms of settlement and development, has led to concentration of population and resources of development in cities and mega cities. This concentration is followed by contradictions and conflicts in interests and behavior which can be a contextual preparation for crime along with making improvement in higher degrees of quality in life, especially when physical development of city lacks a comprehensive spatial planning. Thus, this research aimed to study crime patterns and its spatial analysis in urban and peri-urban areas and their application urban planning. On a descriptive-analytical approach and by applying meta-synthesis, it investigates prior research articles on related domain. Results show that factors such as population density and social ecology can prepare opportunities for crime, but different communities respond to such opportunities in different patterns. Comparing results within Iranian cities to other global locations made it clear that the research on patterns of crimes in Iranian cities is distinct from foreign countries’ cities both in terms of form and content. The results and conclusions of this article can be used by urban planners and managers in formulation and implementation of spatial plans and policies especially for high-risk areas.
Ali Akbar Taghipour; Abolfazl Mashayekhi; Ghasem Jafari
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Urbanization is one of the major challenges facing societies. Governments are largely unable to carry out those tasks, and continuation of the current trend can increase the problems of citizens with urban management. Today the good urban governance is spoken as an appropriate solution to stop the current ...
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Urbanization is one of the major challenges facing societies. Governments are largely unable to carry out those tasks, and continuation of the current trend can increase the problems of citizens with urban management. Today the good urban governance is spoken as an appropriate solution to stop the current process. Social capital is one of the effective factors in achieving good urban governance. In this regard, considering the challenges in Semnan, measuring citizens' satisfaction with the performance of urban management and also their role in creating good urban governance is important. In order to study the role of social capital in good urban governance in Semnan, first the definitions of good urban governance and social capital were examined and then the effective indicators of social capital in good urban governance were extracted. Then, citizens' opinions were collected through questionnaire. The results of this research show that the components of social capital and good urban governance in Semnan are not in a good condition and lack of accountability, transparency, collective agreement and legality in Semnan urban governance has caused a loss of trust in urban management and reduced willingness to participate in urban projects. The result is a lack of involvement of citizens in decision-making. Also, the lack of infrastructure such as local council and an appropriate mechanism for public participation in the approval process for projects have been effective.
Ali Khaksari; Mitra Azimi; Edris Khaki
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Following the inclusion of new paradigms in urban planning, land use mixing has been identified as an important step towards achieving urban sustainable development goals. Given the many benefits of incorporating land use in an urban area, including reduced travel production rates, experts are trying ...
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Following the inclusion of new paradigms in urban planning, land use mixing has been identified as an important step towards achieving urban sustainable development goals. Given the many benefits of incorporating land use in an urban area, including reduced travel production rates, experts are trying to evaluate land use mixing in a variety of ways and as a central component in urban planning of taking advantage of it. Accordingly, the present study aims to investigate the benefits and impact of land use mixing on trip production in Baneh, Districts 5 and 6. This research is an applied and quantitative research. The research data is obtained through survey and questionnaire distribution as well as field surveys. Physically, the main difference between the two is the degree of mixing of land uses. Therefore, assessing the suitability of mixing these two neighborhoods can be a good guide for urban planning in Baneh. The results show that the mixing of land uses in neighborhood 6 is more than neighborhood 5 and consequently the production of travel within neighborhoods of area 6 is more than area 5. Also, the rate of out-of-district trip production in neighborhood 5 with less user mixing was higher than the rate of out-of-district neighborhood 6 in terms of mixed use. Therefore, the main focus of planning in Neighborhood 5 should be to increase land mixing, and in Neighborhood 6, maintaining and enhancing land mix quality should be considered.
