Measuring the Physical Resilience of Inner-City areas against Environmental Hazards with the Biophilic City approach (Study Case: Region 1 of Tehran)

Authors

1 PhD student Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Yadegar Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Yadegar Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Islamic Azad University, Yadegar Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/jgeoq.2024.444143.4092

Abstract

Today, biophilic design has become popular among urban planners to preserve nature and natural elements in urban spaces. This concept is basically a biologically diverse city full of green spaces where citizens can see a very diverse plant life in the normal flow of work and leisure. The statistical population of the present study is made up of the citizens of the first district of Tehran, and the sample size of 384 people was calculated using Cochran's formula and using the purposeful sampling method. The purpose of this research is to measure the physical resilience of inner-city areas against environmental hazards with the approach of biophilic city in the first district of Tehran. The research method in this research is descriptive-analytical and based on library and field studies. The validity of the questionnaires has also been confirmed by experts in the field of urban planning. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to check the reliability of the questionnaires, which is equal to 0.841 in this research. The information obtained from the field studies has been analyzed using Spss. The results of the research showed that among the indices of physical resilience, the index of environmental sustainability and among the indices of the biophilic city, the index of institutions and government have high importance and coefficient; Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to these indicators by considering their importance for the realization and promotion of physical resilience in the direction of biophilic urban development.

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