Expansion of urban poverty and informal settlements identification in terms of spatial justice (Case Study: Nasim shahr city)

Subject Areas : Regional Planning

Mohammad Ghasemi seyani ¹ (عضو هیات علمی گروه مدیریت و برنامه‌ریزی شهری، پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات اجتماعی، جهاد دانشگاهی، تهران، ایران)
Mehdi Haghi ² (پژوهشگر گروه مدیریت و برنامه‌ریزی شهری، پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات اجتماعی، جهاد دانشگاهی، تهران، ایران)

Received: 2017-02-17 Accepted : 2017-02-17 Published : 2017-01-20

Keywords: informal settlements, spatial organization, Justice spatial, Nasim Shahr, urban poverty,

Abstract :

Over recent decades, the topic of spatial justice is important n terms of determining the extent of urban poverty and informal settlements among geographers and urban planners. Injustice in the distribution of funds and facilities can have irreversible effects on the structure and nature of cities that leaded to imbalance of urban spatial, growth of urban poverty and informal settlements formation..One of the problems of urbanization and urbanism is ignoring the effects of spatial justice in countries.Poor urban areas have factors in terms of socio - economic and physical features that make these areas inactivite and isolate in compare with other urban areas with their informal settlements. This article discuss urban poverty and informal settlements of Nsim Shahr from the perspective of spatial justice. This descriptive-analytical study was used hierarchical analysis of AHP method and GIS program has been used to analyze the distribution and dispersion of poverty from the perspective of spatial justice.The collected data were obtained via the library and field studies, questionnaires and interviews. The results show that Hesarak paeen, Vajih abad, south of Ahmadabad and Kolmeh in terms of various indicators of social, economic and spatial are vulnerable areas of the Nasim shar because of informal settlements and the high growth rate of urban poverty. Ismael Abad discit and downtown core are placed in a better situation.

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