Investigating the effectiveness of urban prosperity on urban livability (case study: Rasht metropolis)

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1 Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Gilan University, Rasht, Iran

2 Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

3 PhD student, Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tabriz University of Islamic Arts, Tabriz, Iran.

10.22034/gp.2025.63250.3298

Abstract

The main goal of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of urban prosperity on urban livability in Rasht metropolis. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of this research includes all the citizens living in Rasht city, whose number is equal to 679,995 people based on the census of 2015, and the required sample size was determined to be 384 people using Cochran's formula. After completing the questionnaires and the collected data, it was analyzed using SPSS and EXCEL software and one-sample T-tests and multivariate regression to investigate the effects of urban prosperity on urban livability.The results of the one-sample T-test show that Rasht city is not in a good state in terms of urban prosperity and livability indicators. In such a way that out of six indicators of prosperity, only one index of quality of life with an average of 3/01 has a favorable situation and the rest of the indicators are in an unfavorable situation. Also, among the indicators of livability, only three indicators are above average, including public education, quality of public space, and quality of natural and good landscape, and other indicators are below average. The results of multivariate regression showed that there is a significant relationship between the effects of flourishing and livability according to the significance level (0/001); In the meantime, the quality of life index with a beta value of 0/534 had the greatest impact on the livability of Rasht city, and the environmental sustainability index with a beta coefficient of 0/102 had the least impact on the

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Journal of Geography and Planning

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Available Online from 18 January 2025

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