After World War II, New towns were a model for getting rid of the economic, social, and environmental problems of big cities. This model distributed the population and employment opportunities in all spatial environments and, hence, the idea of establishing new towns for regional development has boosted in many parts of the world. The idea of building new towns in Iran was first came into being as the result of economic and social development in 1961. In 1989, building of new towns was approved by the parliament. Now, after two decades of building new towns in Iran, and spending a lot of money in this regard, studies are needed to be conducted in order to evaluate to what extent the objectives of building new towns have been materialized. Therefore aim of this study is to evaluate the extent that the goals of new towns have been materialized. In so doing, the rate of actualization of the goals of building Sadra new town was investigated considering two criteria: sense of place, and accessibility and service. The methodology of the research is based on descriptive –analytical approaches. The number of samples assigned using Morgan Table. The statistical population was people living in Sadra new town among them 400 individuals were selected as the statistical sample. Questionnaires were distributed to all participations and after collecting the data, SPSS was used to examine the hypotheses of this study applying descriptive statistics, and one sample T test for comparing means. The results indicated that: 1) Sadra new town was not successful in providing sense of place. 2) Sadra new town was not successful in providing suitable services and facilities for residents
Meshkini, A., Solaimani, M. S., Azizi, H., & Zarehpisheh, N. (2013). Evaluating the degree of goals achievement of New Towns in Iran (A case study of Sadra New Town). Urban Structure and Function Studies, 1(1), 29-41.
MLA
Abolfazl Meshkini; Mohammad Solaimani Solaimani; Hosain Azizi; Narges Zarehpisheh. "Evaluating the degree of goals achievement of New Towns in Iran (A case study of Sadra New Town)". Urban Structure and Function Studies, 1, 1, 2013, 29-41.
HARVARD
Meshkini, A., Solaimani, M. S., Azizi, H., Zarehpisheh, N. (2013). 'Evaluating the degree of goals achievement of New Towns in Iran (A case study of Sadra New Town)', Urban Structure and Function Studies, 1(1), pp. 29-41.
VANCOUVER
Meshkini, A., Solaimani, M. S., Azizi, H., Zarehpisheh, N. Evaluating the degree of goals achievement of New Towns in Iran (A case study of Sadra New Town). Urban Structure and Function Studies, 2013; 1(1): 29-41.
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