Comparative study of Tabriz metropolitan areas based on urban furniture components

Bahadori, Faezeh; Yazdani, Mohammad Hasan; Mohammadi, Alireza; Rahmati, Mansour

Comparative study of Tabriz metropolitan areas based on urban furniture components

Document Type : Origional Article

Authors

Faezeh Bahadori ¹

Mohammad Hasan Yazdani ²

Alireza Mohammadi ²

Mansour Rahmati ³

¹ PhD Student in Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

² Professor of Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil Iran.

³ Associate Professor of Department of Geography and Urban Planning and Rural Planning University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil Iran

Abstract

Background and Aim: City furniture is actually a manifestation of the aesthetics and identity of a society. Therefore, functional design, appropriate location, and proper and principled use of furniture in the city context are very important. Although city furniture is one of the most important categories of a city, it is not possible to equip and improve the current situation of this important thing at a time and simultaneously in all regions of a city; therefore, a comparative comparison in this regard can be effective and help urban managers perform better and make decisions in accordance with the priority of intervention at the level of each region. On this basis, the present study has been developed with the aim of a comparative study of the regions of Tabriz metropolis based on the components of city furniture.
Methodology: This research is applied in nature and descriptive, analytical and survey in terms of method. The statistical population of the research includes 30 experts and specialists in the urban field. In order to evaluate and prioritize the target areas, 5 components (environmental quality, beauty and proportion of urban furniture, correct placement of urban furniture, balanced urban structure, quality of urban furniture components) were used. In this regard, 10 areas of Tabriz city were prioritized using the MABAC model.
Findings and Conclusion: The results of implementing the model showed that Region 2 was in the first place with a final score of 0.513 and was in a favorable position, while Regions 5 and 9 were in the second and third places with scores of 0.388 and 0.362, respectively. In contrast, Region 1 was in the last place with the lowest score of -0.382. According to the findings of the present study, planning and management in accordance with the ranking made in the present study can, in turn, pave the way for urban managers to make future plans in the study area.

Keywords

Urban furniture

MABAC

Tabriz metropolis

Subjects

Urban Planning

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