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Ranking and relative comparison of Ahvaz metropolitan regions in terms of urban smart growth available indicators
M.A. Firoozi *1, A. Pourahmad2, M. Sajadian1
1- Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
2- Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Geography Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Aims: Smart urban growth is a holistic pattern, which tries to guide the growth of cities with the least negative consequences. The present study was conducted to assess the current situation of the metropolis of Ahvaz in terms of appropriateness to urban smart growth available indicators.
Methodology: The present research is an applied type with a quantitative-analytical approach that has been done in 2021 in the Ahvaz metropolis. The data relating to 54 indicators of smart urban growth in the scale of these regions and in the framework of 4 criteria physical - land use, socioeconomic, access - transportation, and environment using a combination Shapiro-Wilks and Kolmogorov-Smirnov and single-sample t; Index of dispersion and Vicor method were also analyzed.
Findings: Ahvaz has not had smart and there are differences between regions as well as indicators in this metropolis. In relation to the appropriateness of Ahwaz metropolitan areas with the indicators of smart urban growth, in the physical index, the first 7th region and the last 8th region; In the socio-economic index, zone 2 first and zone 6 last; In the access-transportation index, the first zone 4 and the last zone 6; In the environmental index, zone 4 is the first and zone 6 is the last, and in the integrated index, zone 4 is the first and zone 6 is the last. the situation of environmental criteria is more inappropriate than other criteria. However, other criteria are not in a good position.
Conclusion: Among the metropolitan regions of Ahvaz, region 6, and among the indicators of smart urban growth, the environmental index has the most unfavorable situation. Also, the access-transportation index will have the greatest effect on reducing the distance between regions, so improving these three is a priority.
Keywords: Ahvaz, Ranking, Vickor Method, Urban Smart Growth Indicator
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Urban Planning
Received: 2021/04/25 | Accepted: 2021/08/21 | Published: 2021/12/21
* Corresponding Author Address: Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran (m.alifiroozi@scu.ac.ir)
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