Assessing and evaluating the effects of urban livability on the realization of an elderly-friendly city (Case study: City of Babool)

The elderly, as part of the urban population, are deprived of mobility and mobility in the city and easy access to urban spaces due to their physical disabilities. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of urban viability on elderly elderly mayors in the city of Babol. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method. In order to collect the required data for the research, two methods of document analysis and survey have been used. The research tool is a questionnaire. The statistical population of the study is the residents of the elderly (60 years and older) in Babol with a population of 30718 people, of which 384 people have been selected as the sample size. Based on the documentary results, research indicators in the field of urban living include identity and sense of place, security, participation, public education, recreation and leisure, economy and employment, housing, transportation, infrastructure services, green space, urban furniture The quality of urban sidewalks, pollution, landscape, physical dimensions of urban health, psychological dimensions of urban health, social dimensions of urban health, health facilities - and the characteristics of an elderly friendly city including public spaces and buildings , Transportation, housing, social participation, honoring and socializing the elderly, civic participation and employment, communications and information, and health. Their relationship has been analyzed using single-sample t-ammons, Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. The results showed that the status of urban and urban-friendly indicators of elderly people in the city of Babel are unfavorable. There is also a weak to moderate relationship between urban and urban friendliness indices. The results of multivariate regression also show the moderate and significant effect of viability on the elderly-friendly municipal variable. Among the indicators of viability, facilities and infrastructure services (0.233), transportation (0.215), recreation and leisure (0.183), respectively, have the greatest impact on the elderly mayor.