Abstract:
This research seeks the role and effect strength of accessibility and vitality on urban spaces. Urban space is a phenomenon organized by information manifested in various forms, functions and meaning. It is the context of forming and improving social life, representing culture and urbanization of a culture. According to desirable cities, it is deliberated that the cause of this magnificence is their lively and vibrant urban spaces. Regarding this point, weak social interaction of people and lack of optional and social activities in cities of Iran is clearly observed. This issue will remove urbanity attributes of Iranian urban spaces. The research studies two important factors in urban spaces, based on literature review: accessibility and vitality; using library and field study of Hamadan city to find the rate of their effect on urban spaces of Iran. Correlation analysis and questionnaire were used to codify analytic model. The main hypothesis of the research is the weakness of urban spaces in Iranian cities due to poor access and lack of vitality in these spaces, that is acquired by investigating aspects related to access and vitality. The results showed a positive correlation between urban spaces and these two factors, which control 44 percent of urban spaces efficiency as a common courtyard.
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Studying the Effect of Accessibility and Vitality on Urban Space Efficiency in Iran (Case Study: Hamadan City) 1 Soroush Karami; 2Abbas Fakhrayee; 3Sanaz Karami 1&2Lecturer of Urban Design & Planning Department, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran.
The research studies two important factors in urban spaces, based on literature review: accessibility and vitality; using library and field study of Hamadan city to find the rate of their effect on urban spaces of Iran.
This research aims to measure quantitative and variables acquired from viewpoints of experts and reviewing literature, to investigate accuracy of the hypothesis on the effect of poor access and lack of vitality on weakening urban spaces in Iran.
Much of the urban design and planning literature stresses on the importance of public space (Glazer & Lilla, 1987; Vernez Moudon, 1992; Sorkin, 1992; Tibbalds, 1992; Worpole, 1992).
Lynch describes Table 2: Effective factors on accessibility to urban spaces, (Sourc: Pasaogullari & Doratli, 2004) Variable Measuring element Measuring method Dispersion Areas allocated to public spaces and space between public spaces and houses Questionnaire (acquiring travel time) Proximity Proximity Questionnaire (determining whether urban space is observable from living place Ways and means of accessibility to urban spaces Types of street sidewalk; Public transportation and private cars Determining type of street and their way of accessibility; Determining sufficiency of sidewalks and public transportation; Determining value of private car owning and their effect on accessibility vitality based on human-oriented criteria: "to what extent the form of city supports vital functions, biological needs and human abilities and how it makes survival possible" (Lynch, 1984).