Recognizing Cohesion’s components of the urban central Context with the connectivity approach in around area of Holly shrine of Imam Reza- mashhad city

Subject Areas : environment planning

Toktam Hanaee ¹ , Fahime Jameie ² , Seyed Jalal-Al-din Hosseini Vaez ³

1 - Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning & Design, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Ph.D Candidate, Department of Urban Planning & Design, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
3 - PhD Student in Public Administration, Department of Management, Faculty of Accounting and Humanities, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

Received: 2022-06-22 Accepted : 2022-10-13 Published : 2022-10-23

Keywords: connectivity, Mashhad City, Urban Central Context, Cohesion,

Abstract :

The speed of growth and development of cities in today's modern and postmodern world has caused confusion in spatial organization, the reduction of the value of urban spaces, the loss of human scale, the disruption of hierarchies between spaces, and identity problems in the central fabric of cities, While the urban context is a wide and interconnected area of different morphologies during the life of the city within the city limits in connection with the city. Therefore, the cohesion and continuity of the city are considered to indicate the way of formation and location of the important elements and parts of the city and their relationship with each other. In fact, the structure of every city represents the coordination of the physical space of the city with the mentioned conditions and factors on the one hand, and on the other hand, the connection and continuity between these factors, with this approach, the anchor and intermediate spaces around the important urban elements that connect and They play a central role in the city, become important. Therefore, this article seeks to measure the components of the central fabric's coherence with a connecting approach in the detailed area around Imam Reza's shrine. This research is quantitative in nature, in terms of the method of carrying out survey work and with an applied purpose, which was estimated with a sample size of 374 people using Cochran's formula, and factor analysis and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the findings. Finally, the results of this article show that there is a significant and direct relationship between the level of coherence of the central area of Mashhad and the values of contextual, physical, and spatial interaction with the central index element, Imam Reza Shrine. In this order, the change in the value of the mentioned three interactive indicators can have a positive or negative effect on the increase or decrease of the cohesion of the central area of Mashhad city and cause structuring and breaking of its cohesion and integration.Extended AbstractIntroduction:      In today's modern world and the rapid development of cities confuse the spatial organization, devalue places, neglect the human scale, disrupt the hierarchy between spaces and identity problems in the central context of cities and cohesion in the structure, in addition to the city Meaning most is a continuous combination of urban spaces that, relying on the importance of physical-spatial integration in the central area of cities, it is necessary to create a hierarchy between urban life to achieve a religious arena. This paper implies a unifying and connecting quality, especially in the articulated and anchorage tissue, so the connection between the elements must be logically functional to expect a coherent and understandable structure from it. In order to respond to the intended objectives and evaluate the role of the degree of connection and logical communication of the physical components of the tissue structure in an integrated context, this paper has used the factor analysis method with a practical approach.Methodology:      The research method of this paper is quantitative, which has interpreted the degree of correlation and the extent to which the indicators affect each other with a practical purpose in the field of texture structure coherence. The sample size is estimated using Cochran's formula with a sampling error of 0.05 and a confidence level of 95%, and according to the statistical population in the central area of Mashhad, which is equal to13868 people, the sample size is estimated at 374 people. Relying on the main purpose of this paper, which is to evaluate and measure the correlation between the effect and degree of effect of role characteristics and articular nature of tissue on the degree of structure cohesion, first with factor analysis method The coherence of the mentioned structure, that this process has been done by examining and classifying the indices of articular tissue and the four physical elements of the urban texture structure based on the paired factor loads of each, so the focus of the measurement should be considered criteria taken from the texture. After recognizing the inherent existence of the target tissue, a correlation was assessed through a questionnaire.Results and discussion:According to the results of this paper, the importance of the functional-physical component and communication network can be understood. According to the above findings, the role of the components of the texture structure in the perimeter of the shrine of Imam Reza can be evaluated by maintaining a detailed role of four basic qualities that explain the nature of the connection in this space. Cohesive and communicative-simultaneos, is the flexibility of inclusiveness and inseparability. Perceptual and triple interactions derived from the studied context including contextual interactions, physical interactions, and spatial interactions is described.Conclusion:      Based on the results of this article, all indicators related to the cohesion and cohesion of urban texture can be classified into four groups: "physical-spatial elements, communication network elements, visual and perceptual elements, and social (dynamic) function", which are described in the findings section. Results of this study show that there is a significant and direct relationship between the degree of texture cohesion in the central area of Mashhad and the values of contextual, physical, and spatial interaction with the central index element, namely the shrine of Imam Reza. Thus, the change in the value of these three indicators can increase or decrease the cohesion of the central basin of Mashhad and have a positive or negative effect and cause structuralization or rupture of its coherence and continuity. Generally, The relationship between the physical-functional component and the communication network can be considered as one of the most important interactive and cohesive factors in the field of study.

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