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Received: 2023/07/21 | Accepted: 2023/10/15 | Published: 2024/06/5
Received: 2023/07/21 | Accepted: 2023/10/15 | Published: 2024/06/5
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Gholami M, Saberi H, Toghyani S, Shams M. An Investigation into Desirable Urban Spaces and Its Role on Realization of the Theory of the Right to the City in Ahvaz Metropolis. GeoRes 2024; 39 (2) :129-138
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1- “Tourism Research Center” and “Department of Geography and Urban Planning”, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2- Urban Planning Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
3- Department of Geography, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
2- Urban Planning Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
3- Department of Geography, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
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Aims: The concept of the right to the city necessitates that the denizens of every urban center regard the city as their own and actively engage in its affairs. By considering the indices related to the right to the city and examining the indices pertaining to the desirability of urban spaces, this study seeks to investigate the influence of the urban space desirability indices on the realization of the right to the city.
Methodology: The research methodology employed in this study is both applied and descriptive-analytical, with a survey-based nature. The statistical population consisted of individuals over the age of 15 residing in Ahvaz city, with a sample size of 375 people determined using Cochran's formula. To analyze the impact of urban space desirability on the realization of the right to the city, Smart PLS software was utilized.
Findings: The results of the structural equations model reveal the importance of the impact of the variables on one another. The t values derived from the research components exhibit a significantly large value exceeding 1.96, which signifies significance at the 0.01 level. The path coefficients of the components surpass 70%, indicating a strong correlation between the components.
Conclusion: There is a positive and significant relationship between the urban space desirability indices and the degree of realization of the right to the city in Ahvaz city. Among the urban space desirability indices, the index of comfort and tranquility has the highest coefficient of influence among other indicators and among the indices of the right to the city, the index of physical share and the index of control and ownership had the highest coefficients of influence.
Methodology: The research methodology employed in this study is both applied and descriptive-analytical, with a survey-based nature. The statistical population consisted of individuals over the age of 15 residing in Ahvaz city, with a sample size of 375 people determined using Cochran's formula. To analyze the impact of urban space desirability on the realization of the right to the city, Smart PLS software was utilized.
Findings: The results of the structural equations model reveal the importance of the impact of the variables on one another. The t values derived from the research components exhibit a significantly large value exceeding 1.96, which signifies significance at the 0.01 level. The path coefficients of the components surpass 70%, indicating a strong correlation between the components.
Conclusion: There is a positive and significant relationship between the urban space desirability indices and the degree of realization of the right to the city in Ahvaz city. Among the urban space desirability indices, the index of comfort and tranquility has the highest coefficient of influence among other indicators and among the indices of the right to the city, the index of physical share and the index of control and ownership had the highest coefficients of influence.
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