A comparative study of the sustainability level of development in regions 1 and 2 of the Mashhad

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1 geography, literature & humanity science, ferdowsi university, Mashhad, Iran

2 Department of geography, faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi university, Mashhad, Iran

3 Member of Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

the rapid increase of urbanization has made unavoidable changes in the cities, so Sustainability analysis in urban zones has always been one of the goals of urban managers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the indicators of sustainability in zone 1 of region 1 and zone 1 in region 2 of Mashhad. This research is operational in terms of purpose and has been done using descriptive-analytical method. The data collection is done by the library and document methods with a field survey. So, 30 sustainability indicators were weighed by using the views of 15 experts and also using the MACBETH technique in order to evaluating five dimensions of physical, environmental, institutional, economic and socio-cultural dimensions in the studied area. Based on paired comparisons, among the five dimensions, economic dimension is the most important dimension of sustainability. The results of the research indicate the physical, economic and socio-cultural sustainability of zone 1 of region 1 and physical sustainability of zone 1 of region 2. Totally, zone 1 of region 1 is relatively sustainable and zone 1 of region2 is evaluated unsustainable. Therefore, it can be concluded that only attention to physical and functional conditions is not enough and factors such as the economic situation also affect the sustainability of a zone. Considering that the economical dimension is more important than other dimensions, it is suggested that any planning mechanism for sustaining the studied areas in the first step should be based on the improvement of the economic indicators.

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Urban Structure and Function Studies
Volume 6, Issue 18
May 2019
Pages 179-199

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  • Receive Date: 08 December 2018
  • Revise Date: 13 February 2019
  • Accept Date: 15 May 2019

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