Spatial zoning of urban poverty in Baqershahr

Subject Areas : Geography and Urban Planning

homira  nadim ¹ (Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
hosein  hataminejad ² (Human geography department, geography faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)
Ali  Nourikermani ³ (geography group ، facualty of literature and humanities ،central tehran ، tehran ، iran)

Received: 2021-06-27 Accepted : 2023-03-25 Published : 2023-03-21

Keywords: Baqershahr, spatial zoning, Spatial Analysis, Urban Poverty, slums,

Abstract :

Poverty has become a pervasive phenomenon around metropolitan areas. Meanwhile, Baqershahr is one of the urban areas around Tehran that has grown rapidly and unsystematically. Its population has more than increased 34 times in the last fifty years. Accordingly, the purpose of present research is determination of urban poverty zones in this city is for planning managers and policy makers to organize and empower them. This research is an applied one and its method is descriptive-analytical. Factor analysis was used to data analysis. GIS software has been used to maps preparation. Using GIS software and factor analysis model, have been identified poverty zones in Baqershahr. Finding of research has showed that blocks 146 (%53.5) were very poor, blocks 82 (%30) of average, blocks 44 (%16.1) of very prosperous, and block 1(%4) of very prosperous. Resault has showed that the city is mainly dominated by the poor and very poor. So that poverty has penetrated into all the cells of the city and has found a spatial objectivity. The western part of the city has completely become the residence of the poor and very poor. Also in the northeast of the city, the housing of the poor is clearly seen. In fact, more than 50% of urban blocks are allocated to the very poor. Only a limited part of the central and northern part of the city is dedicated to the middle and affluent class. The highest concentration of poverty is concentrated in the area around Qom Road, Imam Khomeini Square, Ayatollah Kashani Street and lower areas of Shahr Sang.