Ecological Assessment of Public Spaces with Emphasis on the Connection between the City and Nature (Case Study: Yousefabad Neighborhood of Tehran)

Subject Areas : Urban Management Studies

zahra khodaee ¹ , FARIBA DEHNO ²

1 - Islamic Azad University, Imam Memorial Branch in Rey
2 - urban planning department. art and architecture faculty. Azad-e-Eslami university. Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (rah) branch. Tehran. Iran

Received: 2020-09-25 Accepted : 2020-11-24 Published : 2020-12-21

Keywords: Ecological design, PUBLIC SPACES, Nature, Yousefabad neighborhood, District 6 of Tehran,

Abstract :

Introduction and Purpose: Today, lack of attention to ecological and environmental issues in the design of urban public spaces and the existence of a purely architectural attitude in the designs cause destroys the natural environment of cities and disturbs its order in the urban space. This in turn over time, the loss of identity of cities will reduce the readability and discomfort for city residents and it will dilute the relationship between public spaces and nature. Yousefabad neighborhood is located in District 6 as the identity card of Tehran. This neighborhood has had urban spaces with a high level of social interactions and the location of aqueducts and gardens in the past Which are now completely destroyed by urban development. The main purpose of the forthcoming research is Knowledge, analysis and environmental design of ecological infrastructure using the principle of connection between urban spaces and nature in the neighborhood of Yousefabad. Method: The type of research is quantitative-survey method. Component were analyzed by using 256 questionnaires among residents to examine the effect of public space criteria and connection with nature in ecological design and determining the degree of importance of each the component. Findings: Based on the findings, the most important and the least important components are as green infrastructure as the most important indicator with a score of 7.87 and participation as the least important indicator with a score of 5.43 Conclusion: The results showed that green infrastructure is the most important indicator and participation is the least important indicator. Yousefabad neighborhood has not reached the balance between important and specific research components.  It can only be done by the potential of public spaces in the neighborhood to achieved a remarkable ecological network design.  

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