Safe City

Safe City

Evaluating the resilience components of safe urban neighborhoods in desert areas using the Delphi model (case study: Naeemabad neighborhood of Yazd)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Soroush Sharifzadeh 1
Ahmad Esteghlal 2
1 Master of Urban Design, Department of Urban Planning, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
2 Faculty member of Urban Planning Department, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran (corresponding author)
10.22034/ispdrc.2021.699733
Abstract
Today, most urban areas and settlements are built in geographical locations that are exposed to all kinds of
natural and man-made threats and accidents in terms of natural hazards. The point of view that has been
paid attention to in urban disaster management has been more of a confrontational point of view and
reducing risks. Meanwhile, resilience is a concept that is used recently in facing uncertainties and
unknowns. The motive and purpose of this study is to evaluate the resilience components of safe urban
neighborhoods in Matataq Kaviri using the Delphi model in Naeem Abad neighborhood of Yazd without
taking into account the specific risk threat. Therefore, first, the components and dimensions mentioned in
urban resilience were extracted and verified from the review of a large number of related domestic and
foreign articles and theses. Then, using the Delphi model, the opinions of experts and senior managers of
Yazd Municipality, urban planning professors of Yazd University, as well as comparative studies,
dimensions and final components of the authors of the article were presented, and by examining and
analyzing the questionnaires and studying and evaluating the components of resilience in detail Safe urban
neighborhoods in desert areas were validated and measured in different dimensions and components.
According to the statistical analysis and calculations and the studies conducted in the Delphi model,
indicators such as the participation rate of citizens, the desire to maintain cultural standards and the savings
and capital of households are among the factors that affect the resilience of safe urban areas in desert areas.
 
 
Keywords
Urban resilience
urban design
security
neighborhood
Naim Abad
Yazd
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