فصلنامه برنامه ریزی فضایی (جغرافیا)
سال دوازدهم شماره 3 (پیاپی 46، پاییز 1401)

Local community interaction is an inseparable aspect of social and economic regeneration programs.Ghalah Vakil Abad neighborhood is an inefficient middle and village-based texture in the 12th district of Mashhad, which, despite having an important functional position in the city, has a significant percentage of unstable buildings, impermeable passages, and small parts. The rule of urban poverty, including physical and service poverty and the residents’economic poverty, has eliminated the possibility of spontaneous change in the living environment, whilethe situation of the neighborhood needs to be improvedand recreated i based on resident’s participation. Considering that preparation of the neighborhood renewal plan is on the agenda of the relevant local organizations.Community-oriented regeneration is a suitable method forimproving the residents’qualities of life, but first, it is important to identify the variables that play a role in the people’svoluntary participations. The present study investigated the relationship between social factors, including "social trust", "social cohesion and solidarity", "social interactions", and "sense of belonging",andwillingness to voluntarily participate in the regeneration of Ghalah VakilAbad neighborhood. The currentresearch method was descriptive and causal based onStructural Equivalence Model (SEM). The feeling of belonging, trust in residents, social interactions, trust in government organizations, trust in people-institution organizations, and cohesion and solidarity respectively had the greatest roles in the residents’willingness to participate in the community-oriented regeneration process in this neighborhood. Secondly, according to the residents, the people’ssocial participation was the basic principle in the success of the neighborhood regeneration measures. Therefore, officials and planners should try to increase and stimulate the role of each of these variables in the neighborhood in different ways.

Urban branding is a new way of describing and implementing urban marketing. Just as city identification is done through image perception, the use of urban marketing largely depends on infrastructure, communications, and urban image management.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role and position of urban management in branding in Isfahan City.

This research was a survey-based document-field study, which used a researcher's questionnaire as the research tool in the survey section. The statistical population included all the citizens of Isfahan City and the statistical sample was equal to 384 people according to Cochran's calculation, but 414 questionnaires were distributed and finally collected in order to obtain more accurate information. Also, 50 questionnaires were distributed among the managers of Isfahan City. SPSS and Smart PLS software were used for measurement and analysis. Research Innovation: The managers and citizens’ points of view in response to the roles of municipalities, city council, chamber of commerce, and other bodies in the development of branding in Isfahan City were separately examined, which showed that the aforementioned institutions played a fundamental role in the development of the city branding. The managers believed that 77% percent of the urban management components had an impact on the development of urban branding. Also, the citizens said that the components of urban management had influenced 94% of the development of urban branding.

From the managers and citizens’ perspectives, the approvals of the municipality, city council, chamber of commerce, and other related bodies had a key role in the development of the city branding. The managers believed that 77% of the components of urban management had an impact on the development of urban branding. The citizens said that the urban management components had affected 94% of urban branding development.

Urban environmental quality as a part of the urban life quality has a special position in contemporary urban planning studies because the higher the quality of an urban environment is, the higher the potential for smart and sustainable development will be. The physical and rapid growth of cities and urban sprawl in the third-world cities like Iran has caused urban life with environmental problems and poor quality of urban environment in the 21st century. This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the quality of urban environment in Shiraz City. This research used a practical and descriptive-analytical approach. Archival and surveying methods were utilized to collect the data through a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population included Shiraz citizens. A total of 384 questionnaires were completed by using Cochran’s formula. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to validate the relationships between the variables and analyze them with the LISREL program. The correlation between the variables confirmed a significant relationship between the elements of residential, physical, content, and functional environments in the quality of urban environment in Shiraz. The highest correlations of functional characteristics, including health services, commercial services, recreational services, and social welfare services, with physical characteristics, including urban space, access and transportation, and spaces and buildings (0.67), followed by those of the characteristics of residential environment with physical characteristics (0.65) and then those of functional characteristics with environmental factors (0.64) were found, which showed the influences of the mentioned characteristics on the quality of urban environment in Shiraz.

Problem design: 

Exploitation systems form the basis of Iran's agriculture and show the type and form of the relationship between man and nature. The correct and principled use of nature and production inputs and tools by humans is of great importance in agricultural exploitation. Such a use could show itself in the stability and dynamics of exploitation systems.

This research was based on the comparative analysis of small peasant exploitation systems and production cooperatives with regard to sustainable development indicators in Isfahan Province.

The research was based on an applied method in terms of purpose and a descriptive-analytical one in terms of nature. The data collection method was based on a documentary-survey approach.

WASPAS technique showed that the social, economic, and environmental dimensions in Arg Rudasht Company had the highest rank compared to those of other companies. Also, the higher value of Qi (0.0506) in the production cooperative exploitation system in the production cooperative company compared to its value of 0.0787 in the small peasant system in the mentioned company indicated the greater success of the production cooperative exploitation system compared to the small peasant system. Also, Golestan Kanawat, Berzuk, and Teng-e Chayedeh companies were in the lowest rank compared to the other companies. With the help of CODAS technique, the small peasant exploitation and production cooperative systems were measured. The results showed that Arg Rudasht company was higher than the other companies in both the small peasant exploitation and production cooperative systems in Isfahan Province. According to the calculated Euclidean distances, the production cooperative system was more successful than the small peasant exploitation system. Also, according to the CODAS technique, Tang-e Chayedeh and Sardab Sofli companies had the lowest ranks in the small peasant exploitation and production cooperative exploitation systems.

Research innovation: 

The innovation of this study was application of the mentioned indicators that were appropriate for the local conditions, types of the tests, and the studied places.

Among the main challenges in big cities, especially megacities, is the excessive increase in population regardless of the capacity of services and facilities to meet the basic needs of citizens. Identifying the factors affecting biological sustainability, measuring population capacity, and providing management strategies to improve the city were among the goals of this research. The information needed for the research was prepared via document-library and field methods. The fuzzy method was used to descale the indicators of population, water, electricity, and green space. Then, the mentioned indicators were used in the ArcGIS software environment with the methods of Gates Ardeji statistics, Moran's spatial autocorrelation analysis, Morris technique zoning, together with the model. After analyzing the pressure number, the results showed that the Moran values of population, water, electricity, and green space were 0.17, 0.15, 0.15, and 0.03, respectively. Therefore, the first three indicators followed a strong cluster pattern, while the green space index was scattered and distributed in the surface of the city. The maximum capacity of the population, carrying capacity of water, electricity, and green space indicators were equal to 105639, 129121, and 528540 people, respectively. Based on the analysis of population tolerance threshold, water consumption, and electricity distribution, the new city of Sahand was in the critical pressure range, while the green space index was at the optimal threshold so that in the last several years, the city had had a very good green space per capita. Its bearing capacity was more than 80%.

Today, one of the critical approaches to controlling and managing informal settlements is the approach of good urban governance. Good urban governance can be defined as the method and process of managing urban affairs with the constructive participation of public, private, and civil society sectors in order to achieve sustainable urban development, create a healthy city, and improve the quality of life. In the current research, the informal settlement areas of the Tabriz metropolis have been investigated with the approach of optimal urban governance. The research method is descriptive-analytical using statistical calculations, and the research data analysis is based on SPSS, EXCEL statistical software, and statistical techniques including T-test. Research data were collected in two ways - library and survey (using a questionnaire). The statistical population of the research includes 1400 households living in informal settlements of the Tabriz metropolis and a sample size of 300 heads of households were selected using Cochran's formula and by the simple random sampling method. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for the reliability of the questionnaire, and the calculated value was 0.6. Valuation of the variables has been done using the Likert scale. The results of the surveys based on the indicators of good urban governance, participation, accountability, legality, justice, transparency, responsibility, effectiveness, and efficiency show that the utilization rate of good urban governance in Tabriz is at a medium and low level.

The purpose of the current study is to design a land suitability evaluation model using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and a multi-stage scenario-based analysis in the Geographic Information System (GIS) environment for agricultural development in Urmia County, North West of Iran. In this multi-stage procedure, firstly, the leading physical characteristics of the region, including topography, is studied. Then, to prepare a sustainable agricultural development scenario, physical and man-made restrictions, socio-economy, and finally, environmental scenarios were evaluated. The results of the Base Map, based on the Boolean Model, showed that only 12 percent of Urmia County is classified as a highly suitable class for agricultural development; whereas around 64% of the total region contains moderate to highly restricted lands. The results of the land evaluation, based on the socio-economy and environmental scenarios, showed that a sustainable agricultural development scenario, as an alternative, can play an important role in decreasing activities from the surrounding area of Urmia Lake, and consequently act as a crucial factor for conservation of Urmia Lake.