Urbanization as the second revolution in human culturehas transformed the mutual relations between man and its environment. In recent decades, along with theories of sustainable development and sustainable urban development ideas leading to improved quality of life has opened its place in urban planning literature and therefore the livability for cities especially in metropolitan regions has become necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the livability of Ahvaz metropolitan areas in line with sustainable development. The research method is based on descriptive approaches. Different techniques including TOPSIS and also SPSS, ARCGIS are applied to analysis the given data. The results show that among metropolitan areas in Ahvaz zone 2 with a score of 0.74 compared to the other zones is in a better condition and zone 7 with a score of 0.25 in the worst ecological situation. Among the different aspects, the environmental dimension with a score of 0.63 Ahvaz has the greatest impact on metropolitan livability status.
Sasanpoor, F., Movahed, A., & Latifi, O. (2017). Analysing the capacity of livability in metropolitan areas of Ahvaz. Urban Structure and Function Studies, 4(14), 141-161. doi: 10.22080/shahr.1970.2087
MLA
Farzaneh Sasanpoor; Ali Movahed; Omid Latifi. "Analysing the capacity of livability in metropolitan areas of Ahvaz". Urban Structure and Function Studies, 4, 14, 2017, 141-161. doi: 10.22080/shahr.1970.2087
HARVARD
Sasanpoor, F., Movahed, A., Latifi, O. (2017). 'Analysing the capacity of livability in metropolitan areas of Ahvaz', Urban Structure and Function Studies, 4(14), pp. 141-161. doi: 10.22080/shahr.1970.2087
VANCOUVER
Sasanpoor, F., Movahed, A., Latifi, O. Analysing the capacity of livability in metropolitan areas of Ahvaz. Urban Structure and Function Studies, 2017; 4(14): 141-161. doi: 10.22080/shahr.1970.2087
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