Explaining Spatial Pattern of Urban Flourishing Indicators in Iran New Approach to Metropolitan Sustainability Study (A Case Study of Tehran Metropolis)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Mansour Rezaali ¹ , Hossein Hataminejad ² , Hasanali Farajisabokbar ³ , Sayed Ali alavi ⁴ , Safar ghaed Rahmati ⁵

1 - PhD Candidate in Geography and Urban Planning, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Teacher Training University
5 - Assistant Professor of Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-06-20 Accepted : 2019-06-25 Published : 2020-03-20

Keywords: Productivity, infrastructure, prosperity, Environmental Sustainability, Equity and Social Nclusion,

Abstract :

Extended AbstractIntroductionThe prosperity of cities was first presented in UN-Habitat report, 2013, as City Prosperity Index. The report is a response to the multi-dimensional crises occurred in the recent decades in the world. This report defined urban prosperity and examined some multi-dimensional indices for that. Instead of evaluation of the one-dimensional economic factors such as production and income, this report has a new approach to evaluation of infrastructures, equality, sustainability, and quality of life. Each dimension contributes to having a better understanding of the urban prosperity. The cities in Iran are also faced with rapid urban growth and unbalanced urban development. The prosperity index can help assess the development and find shortages to devise solutions. Given that any society is consisted of the unique cultures, believes, and characteristics of that society, development in any society appropriate to its own characteristics is different from any other societies. This research attempts to review the criteria and indices of the urban prosperity to explain the pattern in Tehran City and also develop the structure for this city. The purpose of this study also is to tailor the indices to urbanization condition in Iran, particularly metropolis of Tehran. MethodologyResult and Discussion

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