Study the vulnerability of urban furniture in an earthquake Case study: (Hafte Tir SQ- Blv. Keshavarz)

The used equipment in streets or urban furniture is the most important components of the cities. This paper aims to identify the weak and strength points of urban furniture not only in designing, building and positioning but also its influence on disasters increase after an earthquake. This research has studied the vulnerability of the mentioned components based on current standards. In order to study all current standards of urban furniture and comparing them with the current status, the district 6 of Tehran city (Hafte Tir SQ - Blv. Keshavarz), as a case study, was selected. Regarding to the studied standards in this research, some necessary safety points are ignored in urban furniture such as place and way of installation, structural resistance and availability. There is not any suitable regulation and standard in the field of urban furniture in Tehran in spite of compiling the structure standards and urban furniture design.