International Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability

International Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability

Evaluation of the significance of macro-factors of urban livability in the neighborhoods of Targahba city

Document Type : Case Study

Authors
1 Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and urban Planning, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract
In recent years, Iran has started to decline in the quality of livability with the increasing trend of urbanization and population accumulation in small areas, and the research of the last decade shows the low indicators of urban livability in the country, which clearly affects the quality of life of its residents and its health. endangers The general purpose of the present research is to investigate the significance of macro factors affecting livability in the neighborhoods of Torghabeh city. The current research method is analytical-descriptive and is considered practical in purpose. The method of data collection is documentary as well as field. The target statistical population includes the citizens of Targaba city, which is adjacent to Mashhad metropolis. The findings indicate that in all neighborhoods except the old neighborhood, economic, social, service and infrastructure, managerial and environmental factors have significant differences and based on the average rank of each dimension, it is possible to determine the most important dimension in each neighborhood. identified The results show that the macro factor in the environmental aspect of the livability of the neighborhoods of Torghabeh has a significant difference compared to other factors. Finally, the environmental factor with an average score of 4.07, the social factor with a score of 3.2, the management factor with a score of 2.7, the service and infrastructure factor with a score of 2.57 and the economic factor with a score of 47.1 respectively got 5. In order to compare macro factors in the environmental dimension of livability according to professors, Friedman’s test was used. According to the obtained significant level of more than 0.05, it shows that there is no significant difference between the macro factors of the environmental dimension in the opinion of the professors. In the future studies, the internal relationships of each group of factors can be examined with each other.
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Volume 5, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Summer 2024
Pages 220-238

  • Receive Date 05 May 2024
  • Revise Date 10 July 2024
  • Accept Date 17 August 2024