Prioritizing resilience indicators to organize informal settlements through measures based on improving the urban landscape Case study: Islamabad neighborhood, 2nd district of Tehran

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

2 Master Student in Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

Abstract

Statement of the problem: With the ever-increasing population and the desire for urbanization, the population of informal settlements has been increasing. These types of settlements have become isolated due to their inappropriate appearance and urban landscape, and then they have been involved in social problems. One of the ways to change the current situation of informal settlements is to increase their social resilience.
The purpose of the research: This research seeks to compile strategies for organizing these types of neighborhoods from the origin of increasing social resilience through physical and social measures to improve and upgrade the urban landscape in this type of urban contexts.
Research method: The approach of this research was descriptive-analytical. So that in the first stage and in the theoretical foundations section, the necessary information was collected through "library studies" and in the second stage, to identify resilience indicators in the neighborhood through "field observations" with interview tools. Observation and photography have been done.
Conclusion: in the final theoretical framework, in the "social" dimension; The indicators of interaction, solidarity and participation, in the "identity-cultural" dimension; attachment, social and physical identity indicators, in the "physical" dimension; indicators of access, safety and security, flexibility and diversity and in the "supportive" dimension; The indicators of local community efficiency, support and justice in Islamabad neighborhood were identified as indicators of social resilience. After counting the potentials in the neighborhood and relating them to the obtained indicators, a series of prioritized physical and social measures were placed on the map through ArcGIS software. Finally, by examining the measures that can be taken to improve and upgrade the appearance and urban landscape of the neighborhood, it was concluded that the index of interactions in the issue of social resilience of the Islamabad settlement is a priority.

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The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 10 September 2023

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