Urban Planning
Sayyed Mehdi Musapur; Davod Hatami; Hamida Hatami
Volume 4, Issue 3 , November 2023, , Pages 17-32
Abstract
Background and Aim: Today, the aging of the population is considered a big challenge for the cities and considering the increase in the elderly population in the near future, if this phenomenon is not properly recognized and planned to deal with it, it can become a social, economic and even political ...
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Background and Aim: Today, the aging of the population is considered a big challenge for the cities and considering the increase in the elderly population in the near future, if this phenomenon is not properly recognized and planned to deal with it, it can become a social, economic and even political crisis. be at the level of the cities of the country. The purpose of this research is to investigate the general situation of aging in the cities of Gilan province, as the first ranking of aging in the country Informing city officials about the challenges caused by this new phenomenon on the urban space and planning to deal with it. The area studied in this research is Gilan province, where the urban elderly population has been investigated by city.Methods:Documentary method and secondary data analysis were used in the current research. The statistical population of the research consists of the urban elderly of Gilan province.Findings and Conclusion: The findings of the research showed that the cities of Gilan province have the highest rate of aging in the country, with an average of 7.5% of the elderly population; Among the cities of the province, Anzali city has the highest number of urban elderly in the province with about 9.9%. Also, most of the cities of the province are faced with the aging of the population and the prevalence of aging women is also evident in these cities. At the end of the proposals of this research, it has been achieved to provide solutions to deal with the consequences of aging and increase the role of the elderly in city planning as well as urban adaptation plans.
Urban Tourism
Rahim Heydari Chiyaneh; Davood Hatami; Zobaideh Puyesh; Hamideh Hatami; Reza Hatami
Volume 3, Issue 2 , August 2022, , Pages 41-53
Abstract
Background and Aim: Tourism, which is called a green industry in today's world, is a way to transfer culture and civilization from one society to another; In that process there are many positive economic, social, political, environmental and cultural effects. Every tourism destination offers different ...
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Background and Aim: Tourism, which is called a green industry in today's world, is a way to transfer culture and civilization from one society to another; In that process there are many positive economic, social, political, environmental and cultural effects. Every tourism destination offers different products and services to attract tourists. The success of a region in the tourism industry is not only limited to show the unique attractions, but also depends on various factors such as the level of awareness and knowledge about those attractions. The aim of this paper is to determine the level of awareness of tourists with the local attractions and the level of their familiarity with the attractions and its relationship with the frequency of visiting.Methods: The research method is applied in terms of purpose, and descriptive-analytical in terms of research methodology, which was carried out using library-documentary and field study. The statistical population includes all of the people of Chabahar city and tourists who came to visit this city; 382 people were studied using Cochran's sample size method. The field data of the research was collected using a questionnaire and SPSS19 software was used for data analysis and Pearson correlation test was used to test the hypotheses.Findings and Conclusion: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the level of awareness and frequency of visits and the tourists’ tendency to visit attractions. The level of visit of attractions increases by enhancement of awareness on attractions. The results also showed that the most common way of familiarity with the city attractions is the word of mouth advertising (53.7%).
Urban Planning
Amir Bastami Nia; Davod Hatami; Atefeh karimi; Mahshid Karimzadeh
Volume 2, Issue 3 , December 2021, , Pages 21-47
Abstract
Finding a way to empower communities and individuals to resist against natural disasters has increased a necessity of defining and evaluating disaster resilience. Aim of this study is to evaluate the components of social and economic resilience of the earthquake-stricken city of Bam, which was struck ...
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Finding a way to empower communities and individuals to resist against natural disasters has increased a necessity of defining and evaluating disaster resilience. Aim of this study is to evaluate the components of social and economic resilience of the earthquake-stricken city of Bam, which was struck by a devastating earthquake in 2003. Based on the goal, research method is applied, and descriptive-analytic method is used to evaluate the components of social and economic resilience of the earthquake-stricken of the city. Due to the heterogeneity of the population and sampling units, multi-stage sampling method was used. The sample size in this study, using the Cochran's formula, was determined to be 330 households. Statistical tests including one-sample t-test and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. The results show that households dwelled in Bam are at an undesirable condition in area of components of knowledge and skills, and desirable condition in terms of components of Components of awareness, attitude and social capital. Overall, the social resilience dimension has been reported at a desirable level. But, In term of economic resilience and its three components, 1) the amount and severity of damage, 2)the ability to compensate and 3)return to appropriate employment and financial conditions, the situation is relatively unfavorable.
