Assessing the natural hazards of Ilam city with the approach of economic, organizational (institutional) and environmental resilience

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alimohammad mirzaee ¹ , Mohamad Reza Zandmoghaddam ² , saeid kamyabi ³

1 - PhD Student, Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch, Semnan, Iran
2 - Department geography ,,Semnan branch.Islamic Azad university
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch, Semnan, Iran

Received: 2023-06-26 Accepted : 2023-09-22 Published : 2023-09-22

Keywords: Economic, resilience, natural hazards, Ilam, Environmental,

Abstract :

As the most complex human-made system, the city faces a wide range of risks, including natural risks such as earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, droughts, etc. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the natural hazards of Ilam city with the approach of economic, organizational (institutional) and environmental resilience. The current research is survey and analytical in terms of collecting data and information. Also, this research is based on the purpose of applied type. The statistical population of the citizens of Ilam city is 384 people and the urban planning officials are 30 people. According to the main purpose of the research, to get quantitative research information, a questionnaire was designed based on the opinions of the elites and urban planning professors. One-sample t-test was used for data analysis in SPSS software. Considering that the urban areas of Ilam are evaluated in this research, the urban areas of Ilam are ranked using the multi-criteria decision-making model of Vicor based on the level of resilience from economic, organizational (institutional) and environmental dimensions. The results of the economic resilience survey showed that region 3 is the most resilient region of Ilam city and 50% of the regions are relatively resilient economically and have a better situation in terms of economic resilience. The results of the organizational resilience survey showed that Region 3 is the most resilient region of the city and 75% of the regions were relatively resilient in terms of organization. Among these regions, only region two has a low organizational (institutional) resilience. The results of the environmental resilience survey showed that region 3 is the most resilient region of the city and 50% of the regions were relatively resilient in terms of environment. Among these regions, only region one lacks resilience from an environmental point of view