Analysis of Spatial Inequality of Formal and Informal Settlements in District 2 of Tehran

Establishing social justice and consequently spatial justice is the solution to many shortcomings and anomalies in cities. In this process, informal settlement and spatial inequality are the focus of instability and conflict and are related to each other through similar processes. purpose of this article is to investigate the structural factors affecting the spatial justice indicators of informal settlements in Tehran Region 2, which using factor analysis methods, spatial statistics in GIS environment, comparative comparison of spatial inequality of informal settlements and analysis of social, economic and welfare-physical indicators. These neighborhoods have paid. results show that the neighborhoods of region 2 of Tehran are not in a good condition in terms of having the studied indicators. neighborhoods of Gharb and Punak towns are in the best condition and the neighborhoods of Islamabad and Farahzad are in the worst condition. In the vicinity of low-income neighborhoods such as Islamabad and Farahzad, the interests of a limited and affluent people have been formed, an idea that involves relatively precise engineering, science, technology and architecture, and so on. In contrast, the atmosphere that is formed only on the basis of meeting the simple needs of the poor masses and is declining every day in a regressive course has fueled the inequality of Islamabad, Farahzad and even Kusar neighborhoods with their neighboring neighborhoods. This indicates that space has dominated in neighborhoods and has led to the formation of unequal space in the whole region and adjacent areas in the spatial structure of region 2.