An objective analysis of environmental indicators affecting urban health in five areas of Qom metropolis
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
1 - Head of the Future Research Department of the Public Administration Education Center
Keywords: urban health, environmental quality of the city, urban health planning, Panj region of Qom city,
Abstract :
They consider urban health planning as a conscious process to ensure the complete physical, mental and social health and well-being of all city residents, and certainly what provides the grounds for creating urban health are systemic discussions and a combination of issues that It directly and indirectly affects the health of urban life. In accordance with the understanding of this issue and with the recognition of the importance of the category of environmental planning on the urban health of citizens, this article has investigated this issue at the level of five regions of Qom city. The current research, which is a type of library and field studies, in terms of its purpose, is placed in the category of fundamental-applied research, which is carried out with a descriptive-analytical and survey method and by using extensive environmental scanning by the executive team (photographs, Collecting, interviewing and preparing informal reports with the citizens of Panj Qom region, field observations and questionnaire distribution) have been done. The results of this study, which have been realized by using spss16 analytical software and of course matching the results of citizens' opinions with the author's field observations, show that none of the urban health indicators are in a good condition and are not affected by environmental factors and components. Thus, the comparison of the average ranks shows that the best sub-index according to citizens is physical health, social health and finally mental health. The results of urban health sub-indices (mental, physical, social) are indicative of the fact that the highest average (2.05) belongs to the physical health sub-index and the lowest average (1.86) belongs to the mental health sub-index. In general, none of the health indicators in the five regions are in good condition because the average of all three indicators is below the average level (3).
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