Identifying and Analyzing the Factors that Affect the Improvement of the Livability of Villages Integrated with Metropolises (Case Study of Tabriz Metropolis)

Subject Areas : Sustainable Development

Mir Saeed Sohrabi ¹ , Javad Hajalizade ² , Alireza Estelaji ³

1 - PhD student of Geography and Village Planning, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Farhangian University, Iran.
3 - Professor Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Farhangian University, Iran.

Received: 2023-04-05 Accepted : 2023-11-01 Published : 2024-12-21

Keywords: Sustainable Livability, Sustainability Barometer, Integrated Rurales, Tabriz Metropolis,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: The villages integrated into the cities have threats and opportunities that, if identified and planned for, can provide sustainable living conditions. The current research has been conducted to evaluate and analyze the stability of the factors affecting the improvement of the livability of integrated villages in the Tabriz metropolis.

Material and Methodology: The paper is applied, and its nature is descriptive-analytical and inferential. The statistical population of the paper consists of 24,961 households living in six integrated villages, of which 387 people were selected as the sample size using the Cochran method. The number of research indicators is 58, related to economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The analysis of the research findings has been done using the stability barometer model and statistical tests.

Findings: The results of this paper showed that the environmental indicators of the studied villages were 0.482, social indexes were 0.417, and economic indicators were 0.401. Also, in terms of all three groups of indexes, the rurales of Barenj and Kondrood had more points compared to the villages of Akhmaqiye, Anakhaton, Sahlan, and Fathabad. The Tukey and Scheffe test results showed a significant difference in all six studied rurales in terms of intra-group and inter-group in terms of three variables.

Discussion and Conclusion: inally recommended that the executive programs in the studied villages should focus on the shortcomings of each rural area, focusing on housing renovation, eliminating inequality in access to services and expanding green spaces.

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