Mehrei Azani; Easfandeyar Kohzadi; Alireza Rahimi; Rasoul Babanasab
Volume 18, Issue 50 , February 2015, , Pages 1-28
Abstract
Being able to equally benefit from the advantages and amenities of a civil life in the best way is considered as one of the indispensable rights of all citizens and residents of a city. Physically disabled and handicapped people and veterans are a part of the society whose needs must be satisfied disregarding ...
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Being able to equally benefit from the advantages and amenities of a civil life in the best way is considered as one of the indispensable rights of all citizens and residents of a city. Physically disabled and handicapped people and veterans are a part of the society whose needs must be satisfied disregarding their physical health conditions; therefore, tailoring various urban environments and utilities to the use of the disabled people is very crucial. In this article, by surveying disabled people and by employing field study and using 6 criteria and 46 sub-criteria, the proportion of different urban environments and utilities in different areas of Dogonbadan town to the needs of the disabled according to the established standards is investigated. Data are analyzed using such statistical methods as TOPSIS algorithm and T-test and employing SPSS software. Results indicate that regarding urban planning and designing standards specific to the disabled, no sufficient and suitable measures are taken in Dogonbadan town and none of the evaluated spaces and uses in this town have a suitable customization for the disabled in between various areas: parks and green spaces, educational spaces, libraries, a sports hall and passages and in between urban areas 4 and 5 are worst. In this regard, every urban area is prioritized for customization in each criterion according to a ranking of urban areas using the criteria under study.
Mehri Azani; Mouhamad reza Abbasi
Volume 16, Issue 42 , March 2013, , Pages 1-22
Abstract
From the past to now, plants and green spaces have been one of the fundamental needs in human's life especially with relation to nature. These plants and green spaces have showed their importance in physical and spiritual human life more and more with extension of cities, urbanization and increasing ...
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From the past to now, plants and green spaces have been one of the fundamental needs in human's life especially with relation to nature. These plants and green spaces have showed their importance in physical and spiritual human life more and more with extension of cities, urbanization and increasing pollutants level originated from human activity. The distribution of green space is one of the principles of geographical justice implementation in sustainable urban development by considering balanced population distribution. The main purpose of this study is an analysis of the position of green space in different regions of Shiraz city in relation to population distribution by considering sustainable development approach. The methodology of this study is based on functional purpose and descriptive-case nature in which we used entropy coefficient and convention Koyck model to find imbalance of population disperse in regions of Shiraz city and its direct relation with urban green space distribution. It can be referred to imbalanced urban green space in relation with population distribution in regions of Shiraz (1987-2007) based of Williamson index as one of the results of this study.
