Elham Amanzadegan; manouchehr Tabibian
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The main issue of the present study is the feasibility of Shiraz sustainable urban regeneration indicators and components. In order to achieve the goals, the status of sustainable urban regeneration indicators are analyzed and evaluated (economic, managerial, legal, participatory, socio-demographic, ...
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The main issue of the present study is the feasibility of Shiraz sustainable urban regeneration indicators and components. In order to achieve the goals, the status of sustainable urban regeneration indicators are analyzed and evaluated (economic, managerial, legal, participatory, socio-demographic, cultural-tourism and physical-functional) in the target areas of Shiraz's historical district (Darb-shazdeh, Sare-dozak, Eshagh-beig, bazare-morgh and sange-siah). These quarters are selected as target neighborhoods to evaluate the regeneration and sustainability indices, purposefully due to the availability of documentation of rehabilitation, renovation and regeneration programs and the availability of actors, stakeholders, and key elements of plans and programs. The statistical population of this study is 26069 inhabitants of five selected neighborhoods of eight municipality of Shiraz historical district. Then, 384 people were selected using Cochran formula and questionnaires were distributed and completed by simple random method. The required data were collected through FMEA analysis and field studies (questionnaire and interview) and analyzed by SPSS software, one-sample T-test, analysis of variance, test experience (LSD) and Friedman. Research findings show that in Shiraz status qua, physical-functional index with the mean of 3.443 had the highest mean and public participation index with the mean of 2.223 was the lowest. The results of analysis of variance indicate that there are significant differences among the five target neighborhoods of Shiraz historical district in terms of sustainable urban regeneration indices. Also, according to the results of Friedman test, Sare-dozak neighborhood with a mean of 3.53 is the lowest and the Bazare-morgh with a mean of 12.17 is ranked first.
masoud Javadpoor; ali soltani
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Today, the lifestyle of children is increasingly changing to sedentary. Walking between home and school can be a relatively convenient and possible plan to increase the student’s daily physical activity. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between individual and socio-economic ...
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Today, the lifestyle of children is increasingly changing to sedentary. Walking between home and school can be a relatively convenient and possible plan to increase the student’s daily physical activity. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between individual and socio-economic properties of families and street configuration on the walking of elementary students of public schools in Shiraz city. For this purpose, six regions of Shiraz with different features have been selected initially in terms of passages configuration, then 18 public elementary schools for girls and boys as well as 1021 students were randomly selected. Therefore, parents in the questionnaires filled background information, including personal and family information, and street configuration was extracted around 1200m of the schools using Depth Map software. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between age and the number of children in the family, and there was a negative relationship between gender, father’s education, car ownership, and the number of the family members with the driving license. In addition, there was a positive relationship between street configuration, choice, connectivity, and synergy and a negative relationship between depth and walking of students. Moreover, the distance between home and school had a negative relationship as the most crucial factor with the walking of students. This study provides essential confirmation for urban planners and policymakers about the importance of street configuration around the school in the daily travel of students. One important principle is that designing a street network with high accessibility and communication and also increasing the legibility of streets can lead the perception of parents and students to use them in their walking between school and home.
hajar asadpour; Mahdi Montazerolhodjah; Mojtaba Sharifnejad
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Hafez Street in Shiraz, as the axis connecting the Quran Gate to the Isfahan Gate, has lost its visual coherence due to the interventions of recent decades. Therefore, its place in the mental image and perceptual structure of citizens needs to be examined. The purpose of this study is to identify the ...
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Hafez Street in Shiraz, as the axis connecting the Quran Gate to the Isfahan Gate, has lost its visual coherence due to the interventions of recent decades. Therefore, its place in the mental image and perceptual structure of citizens needs to be examined. The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of each of the physical components affecting the visual perception of citizens and to examine the relationship between them. The research method is "survey and correlation" and the required data have been collected through field studies such as photography, mapping and taking notes, as well as questionnaires and documentary studies. The sample size was calculated using the Cochran's formula and the available sampling method was used to complete the questionnaire. Multivariate regression test was used to analyze the data. The results indicate that the "readability" component has the greatest impact on citizens' visual perception, and in the next priorities are the "clarity" and "human scale" components. On the other hand, the "diversity in the environment" has had the least effect on the visual perception of this street. Finally, some strategies were proposed to improve the visual perception of observers in order to improve the performance of existing urban spaces in addition to creating stronger mental images of the city.
Mahmood Ziaee; Niloofar Mahdikhani
Volume 4, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 39-54
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If we consider each city as a person, this person is known with some unique personality characters and it will have its own features. The aim of this research is to deliberate the amount of congruity toward destination personality and tourist personality (both ideal congruity and actual congruity) ...
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If we consider each city as a person, this person is known with some unique personality characters and it will have its own features. The aim of this research is to deliberate the amount of congruity toward destination personality and tourist personality (both ideal congruity and actual congruity) who wants to choose the city as his or her own tourism destination. Personality dimensions considered in this research include: sincerity, excitement, competence, sophistication, ruggedness. The used model in this research is brand personality model by Jennifer A. Aaker and these dimensions are according to that model. the questionnaires were filled by tourists of hotels with 3,4 or 5stars in two Tourism destinations which were chosen as case studies of this research, Shiraz & Yazd. according to statistical studies it concluded that there is a positive integration between ideal and actual tourist personality and the most important dimensions are sincerity and ruggedness.
masood Taghvaei; Hossein Kiumarsi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , April 2013, , Pages 25-36
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Rapid expansion of cities in developing countries has had a number of spatial-physical consequences including imbalance distribution of service-related land-use in cities, especially metropolitan areas. Shiraz as a metropolitan in Iran is no exception. Intensive concentration of service-related land-use ...
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Rapid expansion of cities in developing countries has had a number of spatial-physical consequences including imbalance distribution of service-related land-use in cities, especially metropolitan areas. Shiraz as a metropolitan in Iran is no exception. Intensive concentration of service-related land-use in few areas of the city has led to deprivation of the rest parts of the city to enjoy urban facilities and services. Urban parks distribution is an example of the mentioned situation. Public parks regardless of their function to clean the environment have an important role in citizen’s health conditions. Assessing the spatial distribution of local and regional parks of Shiraz indicates that there is a high concentration of such features in central area of the city and its nearby lots. Accessibility to such parks is not easy for most residents and the influence areas of the parks are intersected in most cases. The present study was aimed to show the optimal site locations for public parks in Shiraz. Therefore, first effective criteria for urban park locations were defined based on current land-use map of the city, and then using Hierarchical Analysis Process method, the criteria and sub-criteria were weighted. Finally, based on network analysis and defining influence area methods, 14 local parks and 3 regional parks were proposed in suitable locations.
