Analysis of Sustainability in Urban Communities According to Urban Environmental Quality in the Old Geography of Tehran, (Case Study: Sanglag)

Subject Areas : Sustainable cities

nabiollah kolbadi ¹ (PhD Student, Urban Planning, Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art, Architecture & Urban Planning, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran)
Farah Habib ² (Professor, Department of Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Author))
shirin toghyani ³ (PhD Assistant, Urban Planning, Department of Urban planning, Faculty of Art, Architecture & Urban Planning, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran)

Received: 2018-03-13 Accepted : 2018-05-09 Published : 2020-09-22

Keywords: Local Sustainable Development, Sustainable communities, urban sustainable development, Geography of Tehran, urban old texture,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Today assessing the sustainability status is one of the best ways to measure the amount of desirability of urban Function. Due to neglection towards the role of old centers in promoting the social, economic and urban identity, the amount of urban issues and problems significantly increased and become more sever. The main purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between sustainability components and evaluate the impact of these components on the sustainability of urban nabourhoods in the old geography of Tehran. Method: The Sanglag district was selected as the case study. Research data was obtained through field survey. The research method was descriptive-analytic and data analysis was conducted with the use of Structural Equation Modeling and Smart Pls3 software. Findings: The findings of this study indicate that the average of sustainability component and also the contribution of each component in detrmining the sustainability of Sanglag district are different. The appropriateness and access components, has the least contribution in detrmining the sustainability of this district.   Discussion and Conclusion:  Contemporary changes, both in terms of content and procedure, have hade a significant effect on sustainability of each district. In old neighborhoods, the main focus is on the performance and macro issue consideration, and with the organic, integrated, closed, centralized, and dense context there is weaker homogeneous consistency with minimum open spaces and green spaces. In Sanglae, we can modify and renovate the district with a proper management and increase the utilization and efficiency of the neighborhood.

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