Identifying and Analyzing the Key Components Affecting the Improvement of Justice in Access to Urban Infrastructure (Case Study: Tabriz Hasht District)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
Adel Pourghorban
1
(Ph.D Candidate in Geography & Urban Planning, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran)
Abbas Arghan
2
(Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran)
Zeinab karkeabad
3
(Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran)
Keywords: Tabriz, Spatial Justice, Historical Context, Urban Infrastructure, MIC MAC method,
Abstract :
Introduction: Historical spaces of cities as symbols of identity to city and citizens that for some reasons such as the passage of time, lack of compliance with the principles of modern urban planning, communication routes, non-engineering access, etc., have lost their effectiveness, despite the importance of historical spaces These spaces have a low enjoyment coefficient in terms of access to urban infrastructure, and solving this problem depends on accurate identification of components, understanding the relationships between components and finally identifying key components. Research Aim: The main goal of the current research is to identify the key components in the field of improving justice in access to urban infrastructure in the historic-cultural municipality of Hasht region of Tabriz. Methodology: The research is applied, and its descriptive-analytical approach is based on the prospective approach. Research data has been obtained using written sources, yearbooks, and Delphi group comments. The number of components of the research includes 21 components in service, urban, managerial, and historical-cultural dimensions. Also, the members of the Delphi group included 19 people. Studied Areas: The scope of the present study is the historical-cultural municipality basin of the eight metropolitan areas of Tabriz, where more than 80% of the historical monuments of Tabriz are located in this region. Results: The findings of the research showed that out of a total of 21 components affecting the improvement of justice in access to urban infrastructure in historical contexts, 11 components are the key components. The most important key components are the improvement of visual quality, improvement of transportation, and retrofitting old buildings, etc. Also, the results of the Electra test in the field of prioritizing the seven neighborhoods located in the historical-cultural municipality of the 8th region of Tabriz showed that, respectively, the neighborhoods of Shahnaz, Bazzar, Mansour, Maghsoodieh, Daneshsara, Karabagh-Balahamam, and Taplibagh-Damaskia are in the first to seventh priorities. Conclusion: The results of the research findings showed that the three components of improving the quality of public transportation in historical contexts, the per capita improvement of urban green spaces, and the preservation of historical symbols as three key Factors in the field of improving justice in access to urban infrastructures in historical contexts. From this point of view, it can be said that Shahnaz, Bazzar, and Maghsoodieh neighborhoods have grades one to three, respectively, in terms of access to urban infrastructure. Finally, according to the research fandings, practical proposals were presented in the field of promoting justice in access to urban infrastructures of historical contexts.
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