خلاصة:
In recent decades the unprecedented growth of urbanization, which has been the result of economic and industrial growth, has led to the expansion of cities. Some of the villages located away from the city, within the urban texture, the surrounding land which is considered more evolving as the urban development axes in the metropolitan plans. One of the most noticeable and disturbing issues in these areas is the mismatch problem between the new built environment around the countryside and the immediate urban fabric, which has a significant impact on the quality of urban living. This research aims at evaluating and ranking the quality of life indicators, based on the TOPSIS technique, by exploring the Naimeabad neighborhood of Yazd city, which has a rustic nucleus located in the heart of the city. The study implemented descriptive-analytical method for data collection and analysis. The library data were collected using questionnaires and field surveys.
Sample population was selected using simple random sampling method. Cronbach’s alpha was
used for 288 sample selections and confirmed the reliability of the questionnaire. In addition, the
information obtained from the questionnaire was analyzed and ranked using the TOPSIS technique.
The research results shows that the social dimension gained the best points and the economic
dimension gained the lowest.
ملخص الجهاز:
org International Journal of Applied Arts Studies IJAPAS 2(3) (2017) 31–44 Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Urban Texture with Rural Core Case Study: Naimeabad Neighborhood, Yazd, Iran Zahra Fotouhia*, Ahmad Esteghlalb, Mehdi Montazerolhodjahc, Alireza Dehghanid aDepartment of Art and Architecture, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran bPh. D.
This research aims at evaluating and ranking the quality of life indicators, based on the TOPSIS technique, by exploring the Naimeabad neighborhood of Yazd city, which has a rustic nucleus located in the heart of the city.
In this regard, recently, large number of researchers in different areas have examined the concept of quality of life, in works such as social studies (Wang et al.
Comparative study of the urban quality of life in Cuban first-level cities from an objective dimension.
Assessing the quality of urban life case study Yaft Abad neighborhood.
Assessing the quality of urban life by using multi-criteria decision (Case Study: Yasouj areas).
Assessing the subjective indicators of the quality of urban life Case study: Kashan.
Analysis of economic indicators in measuring the quality of life (Case study: Babolsar).
Evaluating quality of life in the realm of old texture of urban, Case Study: District 9 of Tehran.
Planning to enhance the quality of urban life in the city (Case Study: Davoodiyeh neighborhood of Tehran) (Master’s thesis).
Urban development and evaluating quality of life measures (Case Study: in Noorabad, Lorestan province).
Assess quality of life in urban areas; The Case of the city of Nishapur.
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