Analyzing the meanings and indicators of Water Sensitive Cities Index

Subject Areas : City architect

keramatollah ziari ^{1 *} , fatemeh razzaghi ² , atefeh Dehghan Touran Poshti, ³ , Abbasali Tayefi Nasrabadi ⁴

1 - Professor of geography and urban planning faculty of geography, university of tehran. Iran
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران غرب
3 - Assistant Professor Department of urban planning, College of Arts and Architecture, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran
4 - Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2022-11-12 Accepted : 2022-12-18 Published : 2022-12-24

Keywords: Urban, Governance, Water sensitive cities, Water sensitive cities Index, Sustainable Urban Water Management,

Abstract :

Global warming is one of the major problems in the world today and climate change,communities are trying to reduce the increasing pressure of risks and its consequences and move towards sustainability and resilience,especially in conditions of uncertainty in metropolitan resources.The pressure of this increase has created an unprecedented challenge in water management, especially in access to water resources, sewage filters and recycling technologies.In this regard,looking at the current situation and identifying obstacles,developing appropriate strategies to improve the situation;Water-sensitive cities are known as new models of sustainable urban water management in order to minimize the hydrological effects of urban development on the environment,so in the present study, the aim is to take a descriptive-analytical look from the perspective of experts in this field.Investigate the characteristics of a water-sensitive city and its impact on evaluating and improving urban water management practices based on the concepts of sustainability,livability,resilience and productivity.For this purpose,35questionnaires were designed based on the scale Likert and distributed among urban and water experts,and the data were analyzed in the form of written tables using the software.The results indicate that the indicators support sustainable and resilient planning and improve and enhance the results over time and evaluate the consequences as well as urban water management paths to achieve water-sensitive goals.It also provides an understanding of the current state of the city in terms of water-sensitive city indicators to identify capacities and constraints and provide monitoring to achieve the goals of future development strategies