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:: Volume 8, Issue 1 (8-2019) ::
scds 2019, 8(1): 9-31 Back to browse issues page
The spatial pattern analysis of the elderly population in babol city
Amer Nilpour , Milad Hasanalizadeh
Mazandaran University
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Elderly is an avoidable one, which pose with it issues and special needs at the level of urban societies. This article is provided to target of analyze the spatial pattern of distribution as well as demographic indicators of the elderly population in the neighborhoods of babol City. The research method of this study is descriptive-analytic and based on the purpose applied. The raw data of the article is extracted from statistical blocks of the babol city, which is provided to base on the census of 1390 Iran Statistics Center. To study the status of the elderlies in the 22 neighborhoods of babol city is used from Indexes of elderly ratio, elderly Dependency ratio, elderly Index and Aging Index. For spatial analysis of elderly population indexes using GIS software and have been used the methods of hot spots and Spatial autocorrelation of moran. By checking the age pyramid of babol city from 1355 to 1395, it was determined that has more elderly population ratio to lower age groups. All four of the studied indexes have more values in the level central neighborhoods than peripheral neighborhoods. Also, all four indexes have a cluster spatial pattern in the level city.
Keywords: Spatial Analysis, Elderly Population, Elderly Indexes, Neighborhoods of Babol City
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2018/01/24 | Accepted: 2019/10/10 | Published: 2019/08/1
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nilpour A, hasanalizadeh M. The spatial pattern analysis of the elderly population in babol city. scds 2019; 8 (1) :9-31
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مجله علمی پژوهشی مطالعات توسعه اجتماعی فرهنگی Quarterly Journal of Socio - Cultural Development Studies
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