Journal of Geography and Regional Development
Year:2016 | Volume:14 | Issue:1 (26)|Papers Count:16

Introduction: Given the horizontal expansion of cities in recent decades, there are a lot of unused and abandoned lands in large cities. These lands are now an opportunity for urban redevelopment and investment. Attracting domestic and foreign investments to cities has been very common in recent decades, which has turned the national nature of large cities to international (Ziari, 2009: 43). Due to tourism and religious sites, Mashhad is a proper place to absorb investors, thus, the main aim of the present research is to locate the investment projects in the north west of Mashhad. Furthermore, it attempts to identify proper lands for economic investment. The dominant type and spatial distribution of projects was analyzed using multi-criteria decision-making method (AHP) in ARCGIS software environment...

Introduction: Political development, as an indicator, is a process of transition from underdevelopment to development which is also mentioned as democratization. Political participation and free choice based on meritocracy is an objective manifestation of the political development index. In addition to the national laws, the representative election by the local people, is affected by the local conditions, attitudes, and values which very remarkable in developing countries. Besides, tribal and sectarian identity is selected as one of the most important factors of choice. It should be noted that the relationship between the sponsor-pursuant in the third world and the developing countries is considered to be a major constraint of transition to democracy the typical example of which can be seen in systems based on solely tribalism and clan-oriented. Mostly in the Iranian local communities, political participation with ethnic biases orientation and weaknesses of various intensity are observed due to the historical, social, ethnic and tribal structure. In fact, geographical segments may be pointed to the tribes who are living in Nurabad Mamasani the dependence intensity of its roots and the social structures of which have been remained somewhat strong…

Introduction Type and form of the location that humans choose for settlement have changed throughout the history. These developments have taken place for the welfare of human beings. The existence of low income people and their needs for housing in many cities has caused the the formation of settlements that are of lowest quality in third world countries.Social housing (Mehr Housing project) for all society income decile by means of cooperative produed in Iran. Based on the implementation of the 31 and 41 principles of the constitution of Iran, there has been less attention to the qualities of housing dimensions. Housing construction projects have been implemented in the city of Zanjan.The main objective of this study is to evaluate the extent of complies with Mehr housing qualitative indicators, such as economic, cultural, ecological, and physical housing indicators. The case under study is 22 Bahman Housibg Project in Zanjan.

Introduction: The United Nations in the Global Conference on the sustainable development that was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 announced that the reform in management system to achieve the goals of sustainable development is essential As well as emphasizing on the use of the optimal management tools applications. The UN until 2013 has been consistent with the operational measures of countries seriously for the implementation of sustainable development goals. Developing countries often including Iran, have faced the unsustainable regional development. Among the most important plans in the field of the regional development in Iran that are prepared after the Islamic revolution and the process of preparation of them continues, are the provincial development and Spatial State plans. After the Islamic revolution of Iran, despite the formation of institutional contexts and the preparation of regional development plans, most researchers and professionals have had consensus in the unsustainable regional development and the undesirable management systems of the regional development plans.The main objective of this research is the pathology of the management pattern of the regional plans with the use of documents, fields, and analytical research methods…

Introduction: Lalejin, with more than 750 years history of pottery and ceramic production is one of the most important parts of the pottery production in Iran. On the other hand, the highest employment rate of Hamadan Province (87/3%) is dedicated to this City. Besides, regarding the local and foreign tourists, Lalejin has always been considered as a tourism center in Hamadan. Unfortunately, in the recent years due to the problems this art - industry is facing with, pottery production workshops in this area are closing one after another. So, the purpose of the present paper is to identify and perform a pathologic diagnosis of the challenges Lalejin's Pottery Industry is facing in order to provide solutions and take new measures to achieve the growth and prosperity again.

Introduction: Spatial planning which is concerned with land space or geography, is common throughout the world. A Strategic approach as a range of unbreakable management relationships and plannings is effective as it acts as a link and conducts the interactions effectively. Khorasan Razavi is the main center of population in the East of country, which has a special role in national planning, regional planning, and in spatial planning, for the establishment of a strategic approach in the context of long-term planning…

Introduction: One of the important aspects of sustainable social development is the use of the concept of social capital in its social term. In fact, social capital is a key to the establishment of civil society and civic life. Disruption of social relations in the city, urbanization, increase in the migration from rural to urban areas and cultural, social and economic diversity, decrease in the cooperation of citizens, lack of social support from urban development, the necessity of social security, unemployment, and to sum up urban problems and the lack of citizen’s participation in the economic, social and cultural development planning have caused to waste the material and spiritual capital while leading to the intensification of urban problems, in most of Iran’s cities. Because of the particular characteristics of urban problems, Ardabil is not of exception. In this regard, current research tries to evaluate and prioritize the level of social capital in region 3 of Ardabil using multi-criteria analysis model within the framework of TOPSIS and AHP models...

Introduction: The quality of life can be considered as an operational tool to measure the overall health and welfare. In general, the concept quality of life is affected by various factors constituting the foundation of the life dynamics. Since the concept quality of urban life is multidimensional and complex, it could be used in urban planning when an appropriate and reliable framework is adopted to measure it. Hence, the first step to measure the quality of urban life and is selecting its dimensions and then choosing indicators which can be used to measure the quality of urban life.The central city of Zarin Dasht named Haji Abad has 20, 000 inhabitants and seven urban neighborhoods (Azizabad, Imamzadeh, Hossein Abad, Farhangian, Imam Reza, Nureddin, & Chahar Rah). Spatial equity in planning and purposeful planning to improve the quality of life for the citizens necessitate investigations on the quality of urban life in this city and measurements of citizens’ quality of life based on four dimensions of quality of life. The selected criteria in this study include four economic, social, service, and physical indicators. These indicators are investigated for Haji Abad City in the form of three questions: - In what neighborhoods are the residents’ quality of life and welfare higher.- What factors affect the satisfaction of urban life.- Which indicators have the highest effect on the quality of life at Haji Abad?…

Introduction: In dry areas, crop yield is generally low and there are limitations in fulfilling goals such as increasing the area under cultivation and reducing the cost of production. In such circumstances, the agricultural activity is limited to crops that can tolerate the harsh climatic conditions, secure farmers' income, and tolerate saline and limited water resources in these areas. Therefore, it has been quite inevitable to change the farmers’ attitude towards the cropping pattern. One of the important policies aimed at developing this agricultural sector i is to put more emphasis on the cultivation of strategic crops tailored to the capacity of the various regions. Pistachio as a strategic crop is one the most precious agricultural and herbal plants in the world which is highly resistant to draught and salinity, and has played a significant role in improving the social and economic situation of villages in the arid and semi-arid regions which face many limitations in cultivation of agricultural crops. Sabzevar with a hot and dry climate is one of the major centers for cultivation of this crop in Khorasan Razavi Province (with 2737 hectares of pistachio and the annual crop yield of about 2000 tons). Considering the climatic limitations and little precipitation over the past few decades, Sabzevari farmers have decided to change cropping patterns from grains and cotton to pistachio in order to increase their compatibility with the environment. In general, lower water consumption, convenience, higher value-added, and less work force needed for planting pistachio as compared with cotton have encouraged the farmers to grow pistachio, which is more resistant to harsh climatic conditions. Accordingly, within the framework of sustainable development of agriculture, this study seeks to investigate the social and economic effects of planting pistachio on pistachio-growing households in rural areas of Sabzevar. It is clear that if the economic and social effects of growing strategic crops are not investigated, they may threaten the sustainability of the eco-systems. Therefore, the main research question is: what effects do pistachio planting have on social and economic situation of the pistachio-growers.

Introduction: Karst classification is carried out in order to better investigate karsts. It plays a fundamental role in distinguishing and recognizing them. Today, the implementation of development projects without the appreciation of karst classification and recognition seems a difficult task. Field studies, topographic maps, satellite images, aerial photographs and geological maps of Dar Parchin signal the assumption that Karsts in this region are various. Therefore, various methods are needed to identify and classify them. This article aims to classify karsts in Dar Parchin by using various methods and models so that the findings can be used in different studies.

Introduction: Today, improving and increasing the inhabitant environment quality is the main purpose of the civil planner policies. In this study, the improper location of the physical elements and the urban land uses, the inefficient street network, the compact urban fabric, the high urban density, the improper condition of infrastructures, and the lack of civil open spaces and some other items are such matters which have the main role in increasing the vulnerability of cities to earthquake. In this study, in December 26, 2003, Bam was shaking with the intensity of 6.3 Richter during which 30000 people were killed while 30000 people were injured. Most of the city sections were destroyed completely and other parts also were destroyed up to 30 to 70 percent. The reconstruction quality of Bam is discussed according to the harsh earthquake in 2003 in Bam and the construction of a new city afterwards, so, we should have the deep look to the reconstruction after the earthquake as an opportunity for removing development obstacles. In this relation, the evaluation of reconstruction quality of Bam city is very important. So, the research is trying to analyze the differences of the reconstruction quality of Bam neighborhoods after 2003 earthquake with emphasis on household’s socio-economic status.