Environmental science and geography

Environmental science and geography

Assessment and analysis of peaceful city indicators in Iranian Islamic cities (case study: Chabahar city)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
3 PhD student, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
Abstract
Iranian Islamic city is a concept for introducing cities influenced by culture and religious teachings and Islamic values. Therefore, the current research is aimed at measuring and analyzing the indicators of the peaceful city in Iranian Islamic cities (case study: Chabahar city). The research method is descriptive-analytical and in terms of purpose, it is among applied research. The required information is collected from library sources, field studies and questionnaires. The statistical population is the citizens living in Chabahar city, and in 2015 there were 106,739 people living in the city. The samples selected using Cochran's method are 305 people. The indicators of Aram city consist of six main criteria (environmental protection, awareness and information, urban management, support for domestic production, quality of the city and hospitality). The results of the T-test indicate that the status of environmental protection and hospitality indicators is higher than the normal or average level, and the indicators of urban management and awareness and information are in an unfavorable situation. The status of the index of support for local products is relatively unfavorable and the quality index of the city is relatively good. Also, based on the results of the Kendall correlation coefficient test, it was determined that the hospitality index with an average rating of 4.39 has the highest average and the best rating, followed by environmental protection with an average rating of 3.92 and city quality with an average rating of 3.07. They took the next one. In this context, awareness and information index with an average rank of 2.95 has the lowest rank among research indices in the field of Aram city in Chabahar city. In the end, based on the results of factor analysis, the highest factor loading was obtained for city quality index with 0.897, environmental protection with 0.893 and support for local production with 0.873.
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