City and the problem of informal settlements: with emphasis on empowerment and rehabilitation of informal settlements:case study,Sari

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

رضاعلی  محسنی ¹ (دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تهران مرکزی)

Received: 2018-06-01 Accepted : 2020-10-10 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Informal settlements, rehabilitation, empowerment.city.Sari,

Abstract :

Informal settlements or self-building cores and non-authorized settlements are part of living in megalopolis of Iran.Tday,informal settlement is one of main challenges in the world and lived 42 percent of people on these places. In Iran,housing,specially,urban housing have faced with several difficulties and challenges.Informal settlements are part of these challenges in cities of Iran.Informal, marginality and slum neighborhoods informal living spaces and urban abnormal spaces and all of them are reflect of pathologic economy and spatial planning weakness management and also are reflect of social-economic injustice in local,regional and national levels.Informal settlements as urban harms have specific significance and position in urban and social studies.Research method is survey.Statistical population of this design are 16345 and sample population are 430.Dominance tool for collecting data is questionaire and reliability coefficient is ./78.Research results shows intensity of economic problems,social dissatisfaction,housing problem and intensity of health and environmental problems.Main emphasis of paper is the implementation of two models rehabilitation and empowerment in informal settlement neighborhoods of Sari.