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Measuring and Evaluating the Role of Physical Changes in Coastal Cities on the Vitality of Public Spaces (Case Study: Coastal Cities in West of Mazandaran)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Iran

2 Ph.D. student, Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Chalous Branch, Iran

3 geography,Faculty of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Chalous,iran

10.30473/psp.2024.70715.2715

Abstract

The coastal cities of Mazandaran province, while enjoying natural, economic and tourism attractions, have experienced rapid growth in recent years due to the growth of the floating population and the arrival of immigrants and tourists. These cities face many issues and problems, including; Indiscriminate construction in the coastal strip, horizontal growth and uncontrolled expansion of cities towards agricultural lands, many changes in the spatial and physical structure of the city, and the lack of development of public spaces commensurate with the development of private and economic spaces. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of physical changes in the coastal cities of the western region of Mazandaran province on the vitality of public spaces. The method of the present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical and survey in nature. The statistical population of this research was the citizens of the coastal cities of Nowshahr, Chalus, Tunkabon and Ramsar. The sample size was determined based on the Cochran formula of 382 people who were selected from the statistical population using the stratified probability sampling method. The data was collected by survey method, and the most important tool was the questionnaire. The results indicate that the state of physical developments of the studied cities in the fields of paying attention to the per capita and standards in the design and creation of urban spaces and the organization of the image and landscape of urban spaces have been evaluated optimally, but in the field of vitality of the public space, factors such as mixing of uses, access system and social interactions in the design and creation of public spaces have received less attention than other factors. Based on the regression model, components such as: attention to the appearance and urban landscape, development of facilities and services, increase in the level of occupation and change of natural landscape, the amount of use of the internal development of the city, environmental pollution, the land-uses and the increase in land demand, have a significant effect on vitality of public spaces. According to the structural model of the research, the component of physical changes has had the greatest effect on such components as: existence of social and psychological comfort, visual attractiveness, physical diversity and access system. And the component of physical changes has had the least effect on components such as: social interactions and diversity and flexibility of land-uses and activities.

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Physical Social Planning
Volume 11, Issue 1
June 2024
Pages 33-50
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