Rasoul Gorbani; Ahmad Asadi
Volume 19, Issue 51 , April 2015, , Pages 267-288
Abstract
Nowadays, the usage of bicycle is one of the main tools for gaining desirable cities. The increase of population in the third world cities and using of fuel in these countries has been intensified in last decades. For this, the usage of bicycle has been considered in transportation affairs. One of the ...
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Nowadays, the usage of bicycle is one of the main tools for gaining desirable cities. The increase of population in the third world cities and using of fuel in these countries has been intensified in last decades. For this, the usage of bicycle has been considered in transportation affairs. One of the main policies in attaining sustainable development in cities is the expansion of bicycle use. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of unwillingness to bicycle use in Zanjan city by using of questionnaires and library approaches. The results of this study have been analyzed by SPSS and Excel software. The main findings of this study indicate that the use of bicycle is very low in Zanjan city and only 8% of people use the bicycle in urban activities. The unwillingness to use the bicycle in urban activities can be resulted from advertising constraints, constraints of bicycle benefits, shortage of security for bicycle runs in city network and other cases such as unwillingness of managers to use bicycle in travels.
Rasol Ghorbani; Nader Parvin; Jamal Gherisarian
Volume 17, Issue 45 , November 2013, , Pages 163-181
Abstract
In the modern urban planning using GIS for land use analysis is usual and efficient. Distribution of shopping centers as one of urban land uses plays important role in urban planning and its rearrangement. It seems that using the AHP extensions for site-selection of new shopping centers can aid improve ...
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In the modern urban planning using GIS for land use analysis is usual and efficient. Distribution of shopping centers as one of urban land uses plays important role in urban planning and its rearrangement. It seems that using the AHP extensions for site-selection of new shopping centers can aid improve urban structures and increase urban efficiency.
The main goal of this research is to survey and analyze suitable locations for constructing new shopping centers in Saghez. The city has located in Northwest of Kordestan province and its population is 131329 based on the report of Iranian Census Center in 1385. Majority of the residents do not have proper access to high quality shopping centers and therefore the current research aims to use AHP topropse new shopping centers locations in Saghez.
The results of this research show that the distribution of shops and commercial centers in this city have not adapted with urban planning standards and construction of new shopping centers in districts 3 of Saghez city would provide optimal distribution of commercial centers, and improve accessibility and proper services for residences in city.
