International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management
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New urbanism approach and urban space in mega cities

Document Type : CASE STUDY

Authors

R. Heydari
B. Shojaeivand

Geography and Urban Planning Department, Faculty of Planning and Environmental Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijhcum.2017.02.04.006
Abstract
New Urbanism design principles have been adopted for many urban planning efforts in recent years. The purpose of this paper is studding the structure and space of Shahid Beheshti Square as one of the most important and old squares of Tabriz from the view of new urbanism principals. In order to reaching this purpose the data were collected through a questionnaire distributed among peoples that attend in Shahid Beheshti square and an Exploratory Factor Analysis using Principal Component Analysis was carried out and to reaching to the accurate data interview used as supplementary method. The results show that among the new urbanism design principles, Increased Density is the only principle that observed in study area and Green Space, Mixed Housing and Connectivity are the principles that have the low factor load. Actually the urban space in square is not designed based on new urbanism principles and failed to satisfy the satisfaction of the people to the use of space.

Keywords

Urban Space
New Urbanism
Factor analysis
Tabriz
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International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management
Volume 2, Issue 4
Autumn 2017
Pages 303-308

  • Receive Date 08 June 2017
  • Revise Date 05 August 2017
  • Accept Date 11 September 2017

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