Analysis of Housing Barriers for Vulnerable Urban Groups: A Case Study of Tabriz Metropolis

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

Javad Isaaci ¹ , nader tabei ² , ayaob jafari ³ , syd meysam jasemi ⁴

1 - Geography, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research, Tehran, Iran
2 - PhD student of geography and urban planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - tehran
4 - tehran

Received: 2022-01-02 Accepted : 2022-03-07 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Housing, vulnerability groups, gray,

Abstract :

The main challenges facing the urban planners of this city are the formation of slums due to the lack of suitable formal space and the ability of vulnerable groups of the city, followed by the formation of slums and poor durability, unsuitable texture, poor urban services and building materials, vulnerability. The housing units of these social classes are exposed to natural hazards such as earthquakes and the spread of various social harms among the low-income groups due to the prevailing geographical space. Solving these challenges will not be possible except by thinking of macro measures and adopting new approaches. Instability in the housing sector of Tabriz is related to the large area of ​​worn-out structures and informal settlements. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the barriers to housing for vulnerable groups. The method of this research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and survey type. To select the indicators affecting housing and prioritize these indicators in vulnerable groups, 20 experts are used by Delphi method to test the questionnaire randomly for weighting. Some of the required information has been collected from the Statistics Center. Findings show that social and economic indicators have a significant impact on housing for low-income groups. The results show that regions ten and three have the highest rank in the amount of vulnerable housing in the metropolis of Tabriz.