Investigating the Effect of Construction of Subway System on Land Supply Pattern (Case Study: Golshahr Metro Station, Karaj)

Rajabi Kalvani, Amir Hoshang; Nasiri Hendehkhaleh, Esmail; Rostami, Shahbakhti

Investigating the Effect of Construction of Subway System on Land Supply Pattern (Case Study: Golshahr Metro Station, Karaj)

Document Type : Article extracted from dissertations

Authors

Amir Hoshang Rajabi Kalvani ¹ ^¶

Esmail Nasiri Hendehkhaleh ²

Shahbakhti Rostami ³

¹ PhD student in Geography and Urban Planning, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objective: Metro, as one of the main infrastructures of the city, can have a significant impact on the urban development system. The present study also seeks to investigate the effects of constructing a metro network on the land supply pattern (case study: 45-meter Golshahr station, Karaj) because the metro public transportation system is one of the most efficient forms of public transportation in today's cities.
Methodology: The present study has been evaluated in the form of two parts: inferential statistics and multi-criteria decision-making. The pattern governing the research is strategic in terms of approach; cognitive in terms of nature; applied in terms of purpose; descriptive-analytical in terms of method; cross-sectional in terms of time; and quantitative and qualitative in terms of data type. Considering the research questions, which are of the cause-effect type, four hypotheses were introduced. The statistical population of the study includes residents of the Golshahr neighborhood of Karaj, and the Cochran formula was used to determine the sample size using an online calculation method, and it was determined as 384 people. Also, 20 experts were consulted for the multi-criteria decision-making section.
Results and Findings In the first step, the importance of the criteria of building and space quality, accessibility, desirability of environmental landscapes, economic benefit, and land value were determined and ranked based on the votes of citizens living in the Golshahr neighborhood of Karaj. Based on the Likert spectrum coefficient and identification of the indicators affecting them, the criterion of space and building quality was ranked first, which is due to the importance of the indicators of "overall satisfaction with infrastructure facilities and neighborhood relations" in the Golshahr neighborhood; while the index of the impact of the metro on commercial use is also of the greatest importance from the perspective of the respondents. Also, examining the hypotheses using a one-sample t-test showed that in the four aforementioned criteria, the positive effect of the construction of a 45-meter metro station on the surrounding areas can be seen in the Golshahr neighborhood of Karaj. In the next step, the elements affecting the integration of the effectiveness of public transport systems and related land areas and uses were evaluated using the Analytic Hierarchy Process technique to prioritize criteria and indicators. Based on the results, transport, economic, social and environmental criteria are of the highest to lowest importance, respectively.

Keywords

Metro network, land supply, public transportation system, Golshahr, Karaj ">.

Subjects

Urban Planning

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