Analysis of Spatial Inequalities of Utilities Distribution and Its Relationship with Residents Quality of Life to Achieve Sustainable Neighborhoods (A Case Study of Tehran Neighborhoods)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Urban Planning, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Iran

2 Associate Professor of Environment Faculty, Tehran University, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Abstract

The present study addresses the issue of spatial justice in the distribution of urban services in the neighborhoods from selected districts of Tehran. In this descriptive-analytical study, In the first part, some homogeneous neighborhoods were selected through K-means clustering. Afterward, once weighed by the Shannon entropy model, these neighborhoods were evaluated in terms of service distribution using the VIKOR model and then were ranked. Moreover, In the second part, citizens' quality of life in these neighborhoods was assessed by designing a questionnaire that used correlation and regression analysis to compare the distribution of services and quality of life. The two methods yielded different results for ranking of the neighborhoods, which showed that per capita quantification alone does not meet the needs of citizens to achieve sustainable neighborhoods. The obtained results indicated that the per capita services cannot lonely meet the citizens' needs and justice is indeed the allocation of services proportionate to the individuals' conditions. Therefore, meeting the citizens' needs requires appropriate mechanisms and planning that should be organized and handled by urban management.

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Journals of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Volume 9, Issue 2
March 2021
Pages 97-114

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