The comparative study of factors determining the rate of local walkability ( case - mining : the north Jannatabad and Haft Howz ( narmak ))

the aim of this study is to improve safety and provide reliable and efficient pedestrian movement facilities and is one of the main axes of urban planning and design . due to the increasing day of designer and designer interventions based on auto city and negative consequences of this , it is necessary to pay attention to the concept of walkability and moving toward the formation of new cities . the main objective of this research is comparative study of the factors of walkability in the neighborhoods of north and south of narmak . the present study is an applied research and the method of research is descriptive - analytical and quantitative . the method of gathering information is library , documents as well as survey methods have direct observation and questionnaire . according to the main purpose of this study to compare the walkability in the target neighborhoods , the comparison of means and also to determine the factors of walkability in the target neighborhoods , factor analysis technique was used in spss software . the results show that the average of walkability in the seven - basin neighborhood is higher than the north - abad district . the most important factor of walkability is the " neighborhood services diversity " with explained variance , whereas in the seven districts of narmak , the " environmental quality " with explained variance was identified as the first factor and factor loadings .