Assessing the sustainability of Ardabil city during the pavilion of Covid 19 with the approach of realizing the green city

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zhila Farzaneh sadat zaranji, ¹
• Mohammad Hasan yazdani ²

¹ PhD student in Geography and Urban Planning, Mohaghegh Ardabili University , Ardabil, Iran

² Prof, Geography and Urban Planning Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

10.30495/jupm.2021.27508.3818

Abstract

Green city is one the new approaches evoked by the concepts of sustainable urban development, which can be used to improve the quality of the environment and sustainable urban development. Meanwhile, following the outbreak of Covid 19 virus, the reduction or cessation of some activities has positive effects on the environment. On this basis, proper management and maintaining a favorable environmental situation resulting from this pandemic can pave the way to achieving sustainable development. Therefore, the aim of this study is evaluate the stability of Ardabil city during the pavilion of Covid 19 with approach of realizing the green city. The leading research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in nature and method and its statistical population is citizens of the three regions of Ardabil. The method of determining the sample size was using Cochran's formula, in which 382 samples were determined. It should be noted that sampling method of this research is stratified random. Excle and SPSS software were used to analyze the data. Then, using the stability barometer model, the target areas were leveled. Findings show that score of stability of social dimension (0.522) economic (0.489), environmental (0.434) and total sustainability (0.476) and shows the average level of sustainability, welfare score Ecosystem is equal to (0.434) and human welfare is equal to (0.495). Among these, the towns of Azadi, Rezvan, Azadegan and Hafez due to having favorable conditions in all three dimensions of stability studied have the most positive impact and in contrast to Molabashi and Molayosef neighborhoods because they are informal settlements in all three dimensions of causal stability. Especially in environmental dimension, they have the most negative impact on the studied criteria. Therefore, the necessary planning in accordance with the strengths, weaknesses and priorities of each neighborhood is necessary..

Keywords

• Sustainable Development
• Barometer
• Covid 19
• Green City
• Ardabil

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