Identifying and prioritizing urban resilience indicators against pandemic and epidemic diseases (case study of Hamadan city)
Arash Bakhtiari
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َAbass Malekhosseini
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دانشیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد ملایر
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Keywords: Resilience, epidemic, policy gap, steady state,
Abstract :
Due to the expansion of urbanization and the increase in population density of cities, the issue of urban resilience has become an important concern for researchers. Currently, as the coronavirus pandemic spreads globally, the resilience of many cities, even in developed countries, has been questioned. Meanwhile, the concept of urban resilience has gained special importance as a strategic paradigm in urban governance for absorbing shocks, adapting, and transforming towards a more sustainable state. This research aims to identify and prioritize key indicators of Hamedan city's resilience to epidemics and pandemics. The present research method is descriptive-analytical with an applied nature. In the first stage, a comprehensive set of potential resilience indicators was extracted in five main dimensions: institutional-management, economic, socio-cultural, physical-infrastructure, and health and treatment, through a systematic review of theoretical literature and practical experiences. In the second stage, the importance and priority of each indicator was measured using a questionnaire and a survey of the opinions of Hamedan urban elites and experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and Friedman test were used to analyze the data and prioritize the dimensions and indicators, and Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationships between the dimensions. The findings showed that from the experts' perspective, the institutional-management dimension has the highest priority in the resilience of Hamedan city, followed by the health and treatment, socio-cultural, economic, and physical-infrastructural dimensions. The findings showed that from the experts' perspective, the institutional-management dimension has the highest priority in the resilience of Hamedan city, followed by the health and treatment, socio-cultural, economic, and physical-infrastructural dimensions. By presenting an indigenous conceptual model and a set of strategic recommendations
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