Journal of Urban Research and Planning
Year:2017 | Volume:7 | Issue:27|Papers Count:10

This article has been formed under influence of a set of knowledge of urban development, future studies and ethics using causal layered analysis (CLA) – a well-known methodology for categorization of different viewpoints and considerations regarding futures - so that preferable future of sustainable gets recognized and explicated in line with environmental ethics, whilst a profound understanding of underlying layers of issues such as alternative futures, sustainable city, eco city, green city, compact city, low-carbon city, healthy city, livable city, smart city and factors affecting their formation is achieved. Thus, studying “Sustainable City” in terms of “environmental ethics” is a necessity for appropriate understanding of the future, and a review over futures of sustainable cities’ visions for giving insights into the possible measures to be taken in the field of “urban development” for building a better future far from utopia.The results indicate that people whose current and final environment is based on nature of the Omnipotence try to improve the Earth and reside in the Tayyeb City. Eco-centered attitude which supposes ecosphere or earth as human environment has shaped the concept that form of a city must be contingent upon processes of ecosphere, but relying merely on environmental governance cannot make residents of eco city/green city as preferable/desirable future of sustainable city active enough to cause prosperity on earth. In Quran’s viewpoint, residents of such cities enjoy Tight Livelihood.

At the moment taxi is so important in transportation system of Shiraz. At least 25 percent of citizen use taxi in daily trips and there are more than 12000 taxi drivers, so it is important to evaluate the satisfaction of this huge number of stake holders.Nowadays municipalities as a public organization should pay attention to the citizens as a costumer and should try to take their satisfaction. So taxi organization, as a subsystem of municipality, should evaluate its customer satisfaction. In TQM there are two kind of customers (internal customers and external customers). In taxi organization internal customers are taxi drivers and external customers are citizen. So it is important to introduce the factors which effect on these groups to evaluate satisfaction of taxi organization.These indicators has been introduced in 4 dimensions: taxi drivers, citizen (who used the taxi), taxi organization management and taxi as a vehicle. Two kind of questionnaires has been prepared for citizen and taxi drivers.100 questionnaires by citizen and 100 questionnaires by taxi drivers has been filled and people choose their satisfaction level of taxi organization based of Likert scale.The results show that in citizen view there are some problems like: inter welfare equipment, not having change, difficult access in inappropriate times. In taxi drivers view there are some problems in taxi fares, insurance services, taxi organization services, fuel stations, quality of welfare services (like public toilets or retires) and difficult access in inappropriate times

Today, improving environmental quality is considered as one of the most important issues in urban development plans and even more important than that, in renovation of urban deteriorated areas projects. Considering the environmental quality to intervention in deteriorated areas leads to achieve a comprehensive approach to all dimensions of deterioration in these kind of urban fabric.Therefore, this study tries to review the existing literature about the environmental quality and then extract key factors and analyze them in deteriorated areas of Farahzad. The aim of this study is to provide the main strategies to improve environmental quality in renovating deteriorated areas, including Farahzad community. In this study a descriptive - survey research method in the context of library researches has been used. Analysis of environmental quality criteria, achieved in this study, was conducted by using SWOT matrix and final data analysis was calculated by combining SWOT matrix and AHP method with the help of expert choice software. This study is a qualitative – quantitative research and in terms of goal consider as an applied research. The results of this study indicate that among the SWOT factors, weaknesses have greatest impact on improving environment qualities and in the category of factors in the form of environmental quality components, functional component, has the first priority in improving environmental quality and experimental - aesthetic and environmental components are the next items.

This study measures the environmental indicators of subjective assessments to study the physical aspects of quality of life,, therefore a comparative study of the impact of the physical - environment, quality of life is in cities Ajabshir and Bonab. So in order to achieve the goal of this research, the applied research and the analytical methods Using documentary and field studies by questionnaire tool was used. To determine sample size and sampling method, respectively sample size Cochran Method and Random Cluster Sampling was used. In analysis of data, Independent-Samples T Test, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression (Enter Method) in SPSS 22.0 was used. For validity and reliability of questionnaire, respectively Content Validity, (opinion of Planning-related experts) and the Cronbach's alpha value that has been estimated at more than 0.7 was used.The results of the data analysis revealed the differences in physical - environmental dimensions of quality of life in the two cities with the amount of 0.718 in Ajabshir, and the amount of 0.741 in Bonab. So the city Bonab compared to Ajabshir Have greater level of quality of life in the physical – environment dimension. On the one hand between the physical – environment dimension of quality of life in Ajabshir the highest and lowest aspects related to content and physical and in Bonab the highest and lowest aspects related to performance and content. Finally, according to the results of the study suggestions to improving the quality of life in two cities presented.

Measuring and evaluating resilience against earthquake is one of the main theoretical and practical concepts in crisis management. During the last few decades, rapid peace of urbanization and development of poor urban area (particularly in developing countries) have led to increased vulnerability of them against crisis oriented from human and natural factors. Accordingly, creating more resilience cities is very important. This paper aimed to measure and analysis Zanjan downtown neighborhoods’ resilience based on four physical, economic, social and managerial dimensions. The 14 expert’s perspectives have been used to physical vulnerability. Results revealed that more than 79 percent of building ranked in high and very high vulnerability. We used resident’s perspectives to measure managerial, economic and social resilience. Three neighborhood were selected based on random sampling and Cochran’s formula was employed to determine sample size. We used Pearson and regression tests to analyze questioners. Finding showed that level of resilience in Zanjan downtown is not favorable. Moreover, social dimension and environmental have highest and lowest impacts on resilience, respectively.ample size. We used Pearson and regression tests to analyze questioners. Finding showed that level of resilience in Zanjan downtown is not favorable. Moreover, social dimension and environmental have highest and lowest impacts on resilience, respectively.

The importance and role of urban furniture and furnishing services and city beautify the city's no secret cities are integral and essential components. To create environments and tools to provide quality services to citizens can help urban furniture urban furniture is essential to organize citizens' needs. Urban furniture can be explored from different angles, and the aim of this study was to investigate the role of urban furniture enhance quality of urban environment and citizens' satisfaction The need to review, rethink, rebuild and re-create it as a scientific explanation of the factors affecting the quality of the urban environment and urban furniture influencing citizen satisfaction, good models future planning should be introduced.. Analytical method for analysis of the confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS and SPSS software is. According to the results of the data analysis using confirmatory factor analysis for each of the four operating variables have been approved The significance level of less than 0.05 and a correlation coefficient of 1.96 is significantly higher than. Then it is possible to examine the factors or variables and questions used to confirm or reject the hypothesis the significance level for all hypotheses addition the level of 0.05 is significant at the 0.01 level Except for the optimum balance between beauty and has been approved at the 0.05 level. The results of this study indicate that the furniture city of Kermanshah (District 4 council) is not desirable and appropriate and not appropriate performance and are not happy citizens of urban furniture.

The term industrial investment, including the broad sense of all that man has created value in the production of ideas And funding and construction of its components are. Kashan region is of the industrial area in Iran. It has several industrial towns.The most popular industry in Kashan is carpet industry which has several million dollars incomes annually for the region.The aim of this paper is evaluation of industrial town’s location in Kshan region. The methodology of research is descriptive – analytical. Data collection methods are documents. Analysis by qualitative and quantitative methods like (A.H.P) method.The results indicate that the best location for industrial investment in the Kashan region is Ravand industrial town and the most inappropriate place for industrial investment; is halal industrial town.

Pedestrian bridges have been built in order to enhance physical security for pedestrians crossing the street and avoid mixing motorist and pedestrians. Pedestrians crossing the street disrupt the movement of cars and will have life-treating for them. The basic objective of this study is analysis of factors affecting the reluctance of citizens to use pedestrian bridges. This study in nature and purpose is applied and the research method is descriptive – analytical. The population of the research is all pedestrians of Gorgan. By utilizing Cochran formula and simple random sampling 230 samples were selected. The information was collected by questionnaire and SPSS software was used to analyze the data. Cronbach's alpha for different parts of the questionnaire were 0.893 which represents a high potential of confidence about research tool. The results of the research show that there is a significant relationship at 99% between independent variables including improperly positioned bridges, insufficient educational and cultural programs, and poor health pedestrians with the dependent variable (reluctance of citizens to use pedestrian bridges). T test results showed that lack of physical obstacles around pedestrian bridges affect the pedestrians not to use the bridges. ANOVA test results showed that there is a significant difference between variables such as age and education of the pedestrians in reluctant of using the bridges.

That is important today is very important in the urban system, The ability of this system utilizes principles of passive defense system and respond to external expectations, This awareness that urban planners and designers in creating healthy and safe urban demand. In this study, the metropolis of Tehran, the largest and most important city in the country chosen according to research topic was chosen due to the combination of foundation Descriptive, Analytical and Case. That in order to classify and analyze the information HAZOP model is used, which is an appropriate model for risk management. The results of the HAZOP model indicate that the most catastrophic war and attack the enemy and terrorism are threats in urban environments That such threats can be greatly reduced risk of catastrophic damage they. Strike, riot, vandalism and false information in order of importance are the next category, Risk Management The threats to new types of threats can be largely and almost completely controlled. And according to what was stated, it can be concluded that in the current situation in Tehran is seen as a strategy, as a result of the actions of the enemy, the city's infrastructure is disrupted. Subsequently, the major problems arise. As a result, the starting point for many economic activities, social and political crisis interrupted the activities of people, authorities and even the defenders of the city changes.