Evaluating the role of urban planning components in determining the pattern of water consumption in the neighborhood scale The case study a Al-Ghadir neighborhood, kerman

Clean fresh water is essential to support the human population. Urban planners must create good places for people physically, socially, economically, and environmentally. Traditionally, urban planners have not played a role in city water management. However, planners influence how water is used in cities by shaping the built environment through land use regulations. This study aims to show a significant relationship between urban environment indicators and water consumption to improve urban water protection. Based on this, the influencing factors in water consumption were identified and after forming the equations and optimization in MATLAB software, they were coded and implemented using the method of the crow search algorithm. And for each subcategory, the optimal consumption coefficients were recorded as output. By obtaining the optimal consumption coefficients for each of the indicators, including age, literacy, area, occupation, type of residential use, materials, and block form, it was determined that each of the factors with higher optimal coefficients is closer to the optimal consumption. The results show that urban planners, using planning and design strategies at the neighborhood level and by shaping the built environment and regulating land use, promote the protection of the city's water and affect the way water is consumed in cities. A comprehensive approach to all these categories and the logical connection between them, as well as their comprehensive development is the only reasonable way to deal with water management in cities.