Evaluation of Tehran city regeneration plans with emphasis on their impact on the process in achieving sustainable urban development

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Azad University of Tehran Markaz

10.22034/(JRUPA-EI).2021.287781.1082

Abstract

This study has been formed with the aim of evaluating re-creation projects and their impact on achieving sustainable urban development. For this purpose, 4 re-creation projects have been studied in Tehran, which have been studied using content analysis method. A total of 107 indicators have been extracted in four aspects: social, economic, physical and livability. The average quality score of the 4 recreating projects reviewed in terms of project preparation is 17.5 out of 50, the quality score of project implementation by the municipality is 16.8 on average, which indicates that the projects that are currently being reviewed. These scores do not adequately reflect the basic concepts of urban sustainability. In general, the results show that in most designs, according to the existing approaches, the focus is on specific indicators. The results show that the indicators of the energy sector and sustainable transportation have the lowest scores. Poor results have also been estimated in the implementation of these projects. The results of PLS ​​statistical analysis also show that the main dimensions in this study, according to experts, focus on the physical dimension as the most important variable. Also, the physical dimension with 4.229 has the highest level of factor and the economic variable with 1.195 has the lowest level of factor in achieving sustainable development in the heart of re-creation projects. They are in the second and third ranks. According to the results, it is clear that the institutions in charge of this matter should adopt alignment policies in the preparation and implementation of these plans.

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