An Analysis of Position of Green Space in Sustainable Development Approach Using Entropy Coefficient and Williamson Model Case Study: Shiraz City

Abstract

From the past to now, plants and green spaces have been one of the fundamental needs in human's life especially with relation to nature. These plants and green spaces have showed their importance in physical and spiritual human life more and more with extension of cities, urbanization and increasing pollutants level originated from human activity. The distribution of green space is one of the principles of geographical justice implementation in sustainable urban development by considering balanced population distribution. The main purpose of this study is an analysis of the position of green space in different regions of Shiraz city in relation to population distribution by considering sustainable development approach. The methodology of this study is based on functional purpose and descriptive-case nature in which we used entropy coefficient and convention Koyck model to find imbalance of population disperse in regions of Shiraz city and its direct relation with urban green space distribution. It can be referred to imbalanced urban green space in relation with population distribution in regions of Shiraz (1987-2007) based of Williamson index as one of the results of this study.