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Evaluation of Urban Livability Level Emphasizing CDS Approach (the Case of Isfahan City)
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Nematollah Akbari   , Shokoofeh Farahmand , Monireh Ravan Bakhsh * |
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Abstract: (3548 Views) |
| Cities have changed a lot over the time. Today, the rapid growth of urban population has made these changes faster and faced cities with opportunities such as increase in economic growth rate, increase in efficiency, and increase in opportunities of scale and with challenges such as increase in urban poverty, deepening of inequality, and lack of infrastructures. Use of these opportunities and encountering the difficulties need to apply proper and effective urban planning methods. City development strategy (CDS( is one of the urban planning methods introduced by Cities Alliance for this purpose. City development strategy is one of the latest urban planning methods. This strategy has four main foundations and livability, as one of its foundations, focuses on increasing citizens' quality of life and access to equal opportunities. In this study the livability level of Isfahan was evaluated using field method and through asking Isfahan citizens' ideas. In order to improve the livability level of Isfahan and decrease the existing difference between its zones in terms of livability, the following suggestions are provided: As “citizen participation in the city affairs” has been the poorest dimension of livability in Isfahan, it is suggested that the municipality of Isfahan should increase its degree of interaction with citizens and through asking their ideas and criticisms should try to improve the livability of the city. |
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| Keywords: urban planning, city development strategy, Urban Livability, Isfahan City |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Accepted: 2015/10/26 | Published: 2015/10/26
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