Prioritization of Mahabad City Areas in Terms of Urban Service Components with Emphasis on Spatial Justice

Document Type : Origional Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 MA in Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Today discussion of space inequalities in cities and the need for the establishment of social justice in the enjoyment of all the citizens for of public services has turned into the serious debates noteworthy for to planners and city administrators. The aim this article is an analysis of the position of the urban areas in Mahabad city in terms of the components of urban services with emphasis on special justice. The research method, with due attention to purpose is functional and in terms of nature is descriptive-analytical approach. The criteria of the study include eleven components of urban public services that the required information is collected from the comprehensive and detailed plan of Mahabad in 2016. For data analysis, the GIS and Excel software were used. Indexes were weighted using Entropy method and were ranked by using VIKOR technique and for examining the land use distribution pattern of urban services; the technique of closet neighborhood was used. Checking the results of the amount of Mahabad-zones enjoyment of possibilities and urban services indicates that area 2 with the privilege of 0/589 and 0/867 have placed at the rankings of areas 7 and 8. As well, investigating the pattern of the land use distribution of urban services at the levels of zones show that most of the land uses have distributed on the basis of cluster model and do not follow a regular pattern. In the end, some solutions have been represented to achieve the space justice.

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  • Receive Date: 30 January 2021
  • Revise Date: 28 February 2021
  • Accept Date: 02 March 2021

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