جغرافیا و توسعه (Dec 2017)
Assessment and Evaluation the Dimensions of Development Catalyst in Recreation of Traditional Districts (Case study: Haji District in Hamadan Historical Context)
Abstract
Urban development has tried to restore urban life to inefficient areas, with two approaches of internal development and urban restoration of eroded texture. In order to facilitate this trend and to pay attention to the ancient tissue grafts with urban development, planning and implementation of development catalyst projects as one of the strategies used to provide the necessary infrastructures for the presence of residents and attention to the potential and dimensions of development have been considered. The descriptive-analytical and quantitative approach is used in this study. Research resources are library resources, field observations and questionnaires. For this purpose, 300 questionnaires were distributed among residents of Haji district of Hamadan. In order to analyze data, parametric statistical tests, single group test, Pearson correlation test and Friedman test have been used in Spss software.The approach of this research is catalysts which has physical-spatial, social-cultural and environmental aspects. This study tries to answer the question “which one of these regeneration aspects plays the role of development catalysts in district? Accordingly, in Haji neighborhood, the results of Friedman test showed that the ranking of the spatial-physical factors, socio-cultural factors and environmental factors are significant (as p <0.05). it can be said that Hajji district, in terms of socio-cultural quality has the highest rank and in terms of spatial quality has the lowest rank, and as a result, socio-cultural factors can be considered as a catalyst in Haji neighborhood, and while preserving the historical and physical values of the neighborhood, plays an important role in turning the neighborhood into a bio-location compatible with today's life and in line with personality and historical identity.
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