Assessing the Factors Affecting Climate Resilience in Zabol City
Subject Areas : Urban Futurologyhosniyeh saeedi 1 , malihe zakerian 2
1 - PhD Student in Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Meybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
Keywords: resilience, Climate Change, Zabol City, Climate Resilience,
Abstract :
The city of Zabol in the north of Sistan and Baluchestan province is one of the most dangerous centers in terms of climate change in Iran. This issue has doubled the need for research on climate resilience in this city. The research is an applied study and has been done by descriptive-analytical method. Therefore, it is based on documentary studies and field studies. The questionnaire was prepared and distributed to the citizens of Zabol city with 314 people according to the subject and based on the Likert five-choice spectrum. Statistical methods such as T-sample and structural equation modeling (Amos) are used in SPSS software. Based on the results, it was found that the status of economic, physical, social and institutional indicators is in a situation below the normal or unfavorable level and the environmental index is in a relatively unfavorable situation. Physical index (-10.18), economic index (8-53), social index (6-54) and institutional index (-11.17) and the value of environmental index were equal to -1.56. Also, based on the results, the environmental factor had the greatest impact on climate resilience in Zabol city with a beta coefficient of 0.46 at a significant level of 0.007. After that, the institutional factor (P = 0.049, β = 0.37) and the social factor with a beta coefficient of 0.34 and a significance level of 0.005 had a direct and significant effect on climatic resilience in Zabol. Also, physical (P = 0.205, β = 0.20) and economic (P = 0.461, β = 0.09) factors had no significant effect.
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