جغرافیای اجتماعی شهری (Sep 2023)

An investigating the causes and factors of intensification of slum In Tabriz from the perspective of regional planning factors

  • Abolfazl Ghanbari,
  • Seyyed Asadollah Hejazi,
  • Behnam Ahmadi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22103/jusg.2023.2100
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Introduction: The development and intensification of marginalization and informal settlement around cities has been influenced by unequal political-economic relations at the global level, the weakness of national plans at the middle level, and urban planning at the micro level and in this regard, the city of Tabriz, like other big cities of Iran, has attracted a huge number of people from rural areas and sparsely populated cities.Data and Method: The current research, from the point of view of the nature of the method, is descriptive-analytical. The statistical population of the research is the residents of the marginal areas of Tabriz metropolis (Ghorbani, Silab, Heydarabad, Maralan, Sari-Zami, Akhme-Qiya, Akahre Taleghani, parts of Laleh, Ghazandaghi and Patogh neighborhoods). According to the census of Iran Statistics Center in 2015, it had a population of 309,581 people, and using Cochran's formula, 384 people were selected as the research sample, and people who had sufficient information in this field were selected as the sample. Descriptive and inferential statistics (sample t-test, Kendall, factor analysis and structural equation technique) were used to analyze data and information.Results: The results show that the most important effective factors in intensifying and expanding marginalization in Tabriz metropolis are; 1) management and planning, policymaking and technology, 2) economic attractions, population growth and environmental hazards, 3) income inequality and access to jobs and facilities, 4) economic repulsions, place of origin and disputes ethnic, 5) socio-cultural repulsions of the previous residence, 6) the growth of the village population and the desire to migrate, and 7) finding a job and housing. Among them, the first and second factors are of special importance with the special value of 5.60 and 5.45, respectively. Among these, the first factors (management and planning, policymaking and technology) and the second (economic attractions, population growth and environmental hazards) with a special value of 5.60 and 5.45, respectively. are of special importance and the seventh factor is the least important with a special value of 1.51.Conclusion: The results of the present research show the effect of various factors on the development and intensification of slum, in this regard, quantitative and qualitative factors should be considered in the intensification and expansion of marginalization in metropolitan cities.

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