Landscape quality of informal settlements in urban peripheral settlements from the perspective of stakeholders (Case study of Khar Chahar Hesar neighborhood of Karaj metropolis)

Informal settlements of Pirahshahr, as one of the components of the physical and spatial structure of the city, face heterogeneous landscape quality. The purpose of this article is to examine the landscape quality of informal settlements in the city from the perspective of stakeholders.This research has been carried out in the Chahar Hesar neighborhood of Karaj metropolis. The present research is applied in terms of type and descriptive-analytical method. The required data were collected using library studies, field studies and a researcher-made questionnaire.. The obtained data have been quantitatively analyzed by examining the correlation relationship (Pearson correlation) between the independent variables and the dependencies defined using SPSS software. Statistical population includes stakeholders (residents, businesses and local communities in the neighborhood of Khat Chahar Hesar in Karaj metropolis and urban management).The statistical sample size was obtained using Cochran's formula and the error level of 5% was 384. The components and variables used in the research are readability, acceptability, vitality, individuality.The test results show that the factors of readability, acceptability, vitality, individuality, have a significant relationship in the landscape quality of the study area. The readability variable is more intense than the other variables; the most readable effects are in the items X7 (symbolism), X8 (resolution), X9 (night lighting) and X10 (visual unity) and In total, the resolution weight of 0.741 and symbolism with regression weight of 0.741 have the greatest impact on the quality of the urban landscape. The variability of readability and the variable of acceptance directly affect the quality of landscape and two variables (vitality and individuality) have an indirect effect on the quality of landscape in the study area.