خلاصة:
One of the factors that distinguish the city from other human settlements is the physical dimension that always absorbs significant attention of managers, urban planners, residents and visitors and quality of it has an important role in quality of resident’s life. The lack of program and immethodical development, especially in big cities, caused current physical quality failed to meet the needs of residents and many criticisms has risen about this subject; Ahvaz city is an example for this matter. The objective of this research is to investigate and analysis of physical space of Ahvaz city and also capabilities and weaknesses of that space for providing residents’ requirements. Research method is descriptive-analytical with qualitative approach. The article was written in holistic scale and relies on the theory of main structure of city. In order to reach the objectives of the research, after primary reviews, three hypotheses developed: 1. diversity is the most important capability of physical space of Ahvaz city, 2.lack of inconsistency is the most important weakness
of it and 3.the physical space of the city has conformity with modernism more than other schools. Then, required data about literature of subject gathered from library studies and by selecting a set of criteria from reviewed criteria, using survey observation and library data, some examples of capabilities and shortages of Ahvaz physical space investigated. The result shows the diversity is the most important capability of the physical space of Ahvaz and environmental factors, inconsistency and the lack of universality in the city are the most important problems of physical space of it. In total, the identity of city is strong and it is weak in environmental criteria and also in discipline. Physical components of city have relative conformity with modernism school.
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An analysis of the physical space of Ahvaz city Ahmad Pourahmd* Bahar Habibian** Mohamadreza Ahmadnia*** Abstract One of the factors that distinguish the city from other human settlements is the physical dimension that always absorbs significant attention of managers, urban planners, residents and visitors and quality of it has an important role in quality of resident’s life.
Lacking an appropriate fabric for social contacts, citizens’ presence, and a systematic human relations have turned the city into a place without the spirit of urbanization (Mojtahedzade and Namaver, 2006: 233) Issues and problems like disorder in service providing, fabric turbulence, unplanned urban sprawl, lack of a logical link between urban fabric elements, symptoms inefficiency have led authors to study this subjects using the parameters of studying fabric quality.
4. Urban Views In terms of scale and proportions, method of construction, structure, elements, color and the level of mastery, views play an important role in visual effects and are considered in studying volumes in the city fabric.
, 1985, Ian Bentley, 1990 Absorptivity, variety, legibility, flexibility, visual proportion, sensational richness, sense of belonging, sufficient resources, cleanness, life support Alan Jacobs and Donald Appleyard, 1987 Livability, control and identity, nobility, meaning, public and social life, self-sufficiency, an environment for everybody Green, 1992 Performance (relation, security, climate comfort, variation) Order (integrity, clarity, continuity, balance) Identity (forming centers, unity, personality, peculiarity) Attractiveness: (scale, visual and functional alternativeness, liveliness, harmony) Brayan Goady, 1994 Liveliness, harmony, variation, human scale, absorbability, personification, visually, flexibility, wise alteration richness Karmoona, 2008 access and communication, activities, comfort, and visual image skeletally processed cities and each emphasized on a particular element and design method.