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1 Ph.D. in Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Shiraz, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran
Abstract
Vandalism is one of the deviant behaviors that resulted from the rapid growth of urbanization, development of communication, and increasing socio-economic and psychological problems of the modern world. Given the importance of urban nature, both from an environmental and social - economical aspects, and limited studies in this field, despite its destructive phenomenon, the purpose of the present study was to identify environmental and qualitative factors that reduce nature's destructive behaviors in public spaces, and present executive strategies to improve the status quo by examining its relationship with three groups of variables: configuration system, physical status of urban nature, and environmental design. For this purpose, after studying the previous literature and identifying the research criteria, the selected samples have been studied in the stages of comparative analysis of spatial maps, using the software UCL DepthMapV.10. The results show that 5 components of integration, connectivity, controllability, entropy coefficient and mean depth with respect to the space configuration system, two components of pristine or designed urban nature in relation to its physical structure, and the existence of human spaces and architectural construction and buildings, in conjunction with the environmental design component, are effective in promoting, controlling, or reducing the destructive behaviors of urban nature. That is, preserving the natural structure of trees, plants, and other natural elements and minimizing human interference, preserving the urban environment against man-made environments, and striving for the optimal configuration of the space configuration system in order to increase public oversight of it, are effective strategies to protect urban nature.
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