Safe City

Safe City

Explaining and measuring spatial-spatial indicators of urban resilience in the face of floods; Case study: Babolsar city

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Elham Rezaian Kale Basti 1
Hossein Kalantari Khalil Abad 2
Maryam Rezghee 3
1 PhD student; Urban Development Group; Science and Research Campus of Ayatollah Amoli Unit; Amol, Iran
2 Full Professor of Academic Jihad; Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch; Amol, Iran
3 Instructor, Urban Development Department; Science and Research Campus of Ayatollah Amoli Unit; Amol, Iran
10.22034/ispdrc.2022.254406
Abstract
Natural disasters, which are part of the process of human life and their number and diversity are increasing
every day, are a major challenge to achieve sustainable development of human societies. Hence, the
prevailing view of focusing solely on reducing vulnerability to increasing resilience to disasters has shifted.
The purpose of this study is to explain the spatial-spatial characteristics of urban resilience in the face of
floods in Babolsar.The methodology of qualitative research is based on content analysis and the statistical population in the qualitative and quantitative sections is composed of managers with academic and executive backgrounds
and experts in urban organizations. Statistical samples were selected purposefully based on the snowball
method. The sample size in the qualitative section has reached theoretical saturation (5 people) so that in
the quantitative section the sample size includes 30 experts and specialists in the city of Babolsar who have
been experts in the field of floods and issues related to the city. After explaining the indices, the obtained
indices were prioritized using Friedman test in SPSS software and the samples of Babolsar city were
measured in terms of spatial-spatial resilience using t-test. Findings from the qualitative section and theoretical studies showed that the criteria of spatial resilience included diversity, relevance, redundancy, robustness and crisis management. The results of the quantitative section in terms of prioritization of indicators have shown that the index of urban areas in the first priority, the index of resistance of the road and bridge construction system are in the second priority. Also, the results of sample t-test showed that the spatial-spatial resilience of Babolsar city in the face of floods with an
average of 3.60 and a value of t, 3.09 was in a good condition, which indicates the relatively high resilience
of Babolsar city in Is equal to a flood. The results indicate that increasing coordination with various organizations, training high-level crisis managers, holding public training courses for office workers and the general public can be promoted and
increase the spatial productivity of Babolsar city. Against floods; Be an important and significant way
forward.
Keywords
urban resilience
flood
spatial indicators
Babolsar
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