Analysis of the main challenges of metropolises in the face of the Covid 19 epidemic (Case study: Tehran metropolis)

Abstract

Introduction: The Coveid Epidemic 19 is a purely urban crisis that occurred in a world of widespread urbanization. Therefore, all urban areas of the world, including the city of Tehran, are facing this crisis.Data and Method: The present research is based on the type of research, applied and mixed research method (quantitative-qualitative). SPSS 26 and Minitab software were used to analyze the findings.Results: In the present study, the challenges of the Covid 19 epidemic were addressed in two sections. In order to study the challenges of the world's cities in the face of Covid 19, the sources published in 2020 were used, which in total nine major challenges (economic, socio-cultural, political, service, technological and digital, managerial, health, Environmental and physical-spatial) were identified.Conclusion: The results of one-sample t-test to examine the status of challenges in Tehran in the face of Covid 19, show that the occurrence of crisis has an impact on the creation and intensification of these challenges, so that the P-value obtained for The whole challenge, and in general (0.000), is. The results of Friedman test to evaluate the priority of the impact of the Covid 19 crisis on the challenges show that the obtained P-value is less than 0.05 and 0.000 and shows the different impact of the Covid 19 crisis on the challenges of Tehran.

Keywords

• "covid 19 epidemic"
• "challenges of cities"
• "tehran
• urban crisis"