Geographical Engineering of Territory

Geographical Engineering of Territory

Evaluation, Rehabilitation and Renovation Projects in Improving the Quality of Urban Life (Case Study: Central worn texture Urban Areas in Kermanshah City)

Author
(Assistant Prof, Department of Social Science, Payame Noor University .I.R.Iran)
Abstract
Introduction: The central texture of Kermanshah has undergone extensive changes due to the implementation of improvement and renovation projects during the last decade. Contructions such as widening Modares Street and introducing projects for urban regeneration along this street have led to changes in the social context and urban landscape, and therefore the quality of life is a function of improvement and renovation processes.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of implementation of improvement and renovation projects in improving the quality of life of residents of worn-out textures in the central area of Kermanshah.
Methodology: The research method of this article was descriptive-analytical. Document research and survey methods (observation, interview, survey and questionnaire) were used to collect data. The method of data analysis was a one-sample t-test. The statistical population of this study was all residents of dilapidated  urbantexture in Kermanshah. Using the Cochran's formula, a sample of about 200 people were selected as  a sample group.
Geographical Context: This study area is located in the central part of Kermanshah city in east of Iran.
Result and Discussion: The results showed that the values ​​obtained are smaller than the standard. In total, the effect of different indicators of the improvement and renovation plan on improving the quality of life of the residents of Kermanshah dilapidated texture was equal to 2.63, which is significant at the alpha level of 0.05. Therefore, with a confidence level of 0.95, it can be accepted that from the residents' point of view, the improvement and renovation plan has played a small role in improving the quality of life of the residents. Evaluation of indicators showed that the effect of physical indicators with 2.97 value, economic indicators with 2.8 value and environmental indicators with 2.57 value, respectively, had the greatest effect on improving the quality of life and environment of residents.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the implementation of improvement and renovation projects had little effect on the quality of life of residents. These projects have the greatest impact on physical indicators and other socio-cultural, economic and environmental indicators.. Therefore, it should be noted that improvement and modernization is not just a physical matter, and in addition to that,  the social, economic and environmental issues should be seriously considered.
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Volume 6, Issue 1 - Serial Number 11
Summer 2022
Pages 113-127

  • Receive Date 04 November 2020
  • Revise Date 26 December 2020
  • Accept Date 18 April 2021
  • Publish Date 21 March 2022