Comparative Study of Explanatory Factors of Resilience in New and Old Urban Textures (Case Study: Tabriz Metropolis)

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Authors

• Reza Besharati ¹
• iraj teymuri ²
• Hasan Mahmoudzadeh ³

¹ Ph.D. Student of Architecture, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Tabriz University Autonomous Campus, Tabriz, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

³ Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22067/jgusd.2022.74678.1161

Abstract

Extended Abstract

Introduction

Due to the continuous existence of crises and dangers and the increasing pressures and damages caused by them on cities, in the present era, the concept of urban resilience has become a global consensus to achieve sustainable urban development. In this regard, in order to plan and realize a resilient city, the first step is to identify the dimensions and components of this approach in different urban spaces and contexts. Therefore, considering the importance of planning resilient cities in the present era and the need to recognize and assess the current situation, this study tried to identify the factors explaining the resilience and the desirability of its various dimensions in the new and old texture of Tabriz metropolis. It can be said that currently we are witnessing the polarization of most cities in the form of new and old textures. The old texture of today’s cities, due to the low value of investment and the shift of economic values to other areas of the city, has suffered a decline in environmental quality in various dimensions. On the other hand, the spatial changes of recent years in the spatial structure of cities have caused the new urban textures to be in a more favorable condition in terms of economic, physical, and infrastructure indicators. This can also be seen in the resilience of cities.  

Method

The applied study is of exploratory-comparative nature. The structural equation modeling in Amos software was used for the data analysis. The statistical population of this study included citizens of the new and old textures of Tabriz metropolis, out of whom 384 people were selected as members of the sample based on the Cochran's formula.

Results and discsussion

The results showed that the most significant factors explaining resilience in the old texture of Tabriz are individual, social and managerial-institutional factors. The coefficients extracted from the structural model for each factor is 0.63, 0.61 and 0.54, respectively. Moreover, among the sub-variables, the most explanatory factors of resilience are related to the variables of the importance of the place of residence and the sense of belonging, sense of social responsibility in the face of crisis and the importance of health and safety of others in society, as well as helping neighbors and other citizens, necessary and positive thinking about problems, and the ability to create different solutions with a value of 0.73, 0.71 and 0.65, respectively. Unlike the old texture, the most important factors explaining resilience in the new texture of Tabriz are physical-environmental, economic and managerial-institutional factors The coefficients derived from the structural model for each is 0.77, 0.72 and 0.69, respectively. Also, among the sub-variables, the most explanatory factors for resilience in the new texture are related to the variables of the strength of buildings and infrastructure, elasticity of passages, income and its continuity and permanence with values 0.91, 0.85 and 0.82, respectively.

Conclusion

The results on three old neighborhoods of Tabriz (Rasteh Koocheh, Nobar and Koocheh-Bagh neighborhoods) and three new neighborhoods of the city (Yaghchian, Marzdaran and Roshdieh neighborhoods) showed that the construction of new neighborhoods are plan-based. Previously, these neighborhoods have been in a favorable condition in terms of physical resilience. In these neighborhoods, access to rescue services, structural strength, etc., has made their physical resilience in a more favorable situation than the old parts of the city with the deterioration of buildings, infrastructure, lack of elasticity of roads, etc. In terms of social and individual resilience, the old texture is in a better condition than the new texture, and this is due to the high level of sense of belonging as well as social relations and interactions in the these neighborhoods. In terms of economic resilience, the new textures are in a better condition than the old textures in terms of land value, residents' incomes and the flow of investments. Finally, in the dimension of managerial-institutional resilience, we see unfavorableness in all levels of the city and different regions.
 
 

Keywords

• Resilience
• Old Texture
• New Texture
• Structural Equation
• Tabriz Metropolis

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