Studying informal settlements with livability approach (Case study: Sari informal settlements)
Sedigheh Lotfi
1
(
University of Mazandaran
)
Kobra Aghajani
2
(
MA in Geography & Urban Planning, University of Mazandaran
)
Rahimberdi Annamoradnejad
3
(
Dept. Geography, Uni.of Mazandaran
)
Keywords: urban livability, livability, informal settlements, Sari city,
Abstract :
Urban livability is a multifaceted concept that is related to many areas of the living environment in urban areas. Although past studies have provided a better understanding of the evaluation and influence of urban environment quality factors. However, these studies have gaps in the dimensions, methodology and level of study. Therefore, with the aim of measuring the level of livability of informal settlements (Mehdi Abad, Ghafari, Saro Baneh Bagh and Turk Mahalle) in the city of Sari. The present study tried to analyze the livability status and identify the effective factors. Therefore, the methodology of the research is based descriptive-analytical approaches and the data were collected by conducting a field work to complete the given questionnaires which obtained via Cochran. To analysis the data SPSS and AMOS were used. The results showed that the livability level of the neighborhoods is in inappropriate situation and the informal settlements are facing many problems. Also, according to structural equation modeling; Economic (0.69), physical (0.64), environmental (0.54), and social (0.24) criteria are considered the most effective factors on livability, respectively, with the highest factor value. Therefore, the most important indicators affecting livability in order to improve the livability of informal settlements are economic criteria. So, providing low-interest loans to self-employed applicants for residents and long-term tax exemptions (property tax) for building multi-family housing, as well as tax exemptions for the investors who are interested to invest in these areas to create jobs can reduce economic problems to some extent.
So, providing low-interest loans to self-employed applicants for residents and long-term tax exemptions (property tax) for building multi-family housing, as well as tax exemptions for the investors who are interested to invest in these areas to create jobs can reduce economic problems to some extent.
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