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Sedighe Alizadeh, Ali Mehdi, Masome Mahdian Bahnamiri, Volume 1, Issue 2 (11-2012)
Abstract
Today the majority of cities encountered with increasing level of
negative consequences due to rapid urban growth which threatening the overall
health of the citizens. So the idea of
healthy city has captured wide attention in the contemporary urban literature
and has high capacity for further studies. This research aimed to study the
main indices of healthy city in the zone 2 of Qom with its high migrant
oriented growth. The methodology of the research is based on descriptive and
analytical methods and the required data was collected by conducting a field
work to complete the given questionnaires. The main questions concentrated on
the socio-economic and physical issues such as environmental health, land use
and the quality of accessibility to services, urban furniture, urban
aesthetics, social security, and housing.
The data were processed using SPSS. The findings of the research were
analyzed by applying different statistical tests such as T- test, Tukey, One
tailed ANOVA. The results revealed that the given indices have not been
corresponded with healthy city standards in the whole area especially in the 3
and 4 districts of the zone 2. It can be concluded that the poor socio-economic
and cultural status of the residents combined with the inappropriate management
of urban authorities exacerbated the situation in the study area.
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