Geographical Engineering of Territory

Geographical Engineering of Territory

Assessment and evaluation of resilience components in informal settlements (Case study: Miyanabad town of Islamshahr)

Authors
Touraj Soltaniasl 1
f a 2
ahmad pour ahmad 3
Rahim Sarvar 4
1 Department of Geography ,Islamic Azad University,Islamshahr,Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Today, natural disasters threaten human societies more than ever, which, if left unchecked and unprepared, will cause irreparable damage to human life, including residential areas and other economic, social, institutional and physical-environmental dimensions. As a result, communities take a variety of approaches to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
Objective: This article was conducted with the aim of measuring and evaluating the social, economic and institutional components of resilience in the town of Miyanabad, Eslamshahr.
Methodology: According to the objectives of the research and the studied components, the type of research is applied and the study method is descriptive-analytical. The sampling method was randomly selected and the statistical population size was selected with Cochran model with an error level of 5% of 381 people. Structural equation modeling in SPSS and SMART PLS software has been used to analyze the collected information and data.
Geographical area of research: The area of this research is Mianabad town of Eslamshahr.
Findings and Discussion: The results showed that the resilience of Miyanabad town in Eslamshahr is low in terms of social, economic and institutional components. Among the studied criteria, the knowledge variable has the highest average (2.9218) and the lowest rate of standard deviation (0.18715). On the other hand, the variable has the ability to return to working conditions with the lowest average (2.5652) and higher standard deviation (0.57549) Has other research variables that need the attention of city officials and managers to promote resilience in Mianabad town.
Keywords
Resettlement
informal settlements
resettlement of informal settlements
Miyanabad town
Eslamshahr city
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Geographical Engineering of Territory
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 12
Summer 2021
Pages 471-486

  • Receive Date 14 April 2021
  • Revise Date 22 June 2021
  • Accept Date 24 May 2021
  • Publish Date 22 June 2022