a. poorahmad

Given the importance of the issue of children in the city and their living context, it is necessary to plan and design healthy and safe urban environments for this future generation. According to the recent studies, it is needed to clarify the local criteria and indicators of a child-friendly city with a focus on the improvement of the environment and providing a conceptual framework to evaluate main priorities. This study aimed to explain the optimal local structure of a child-friendly city to improve the quality of urban spaces and to provide the needed criteria and indicators for evaluating the child-friendly cities in urban spaces by considering the concept of recreation and entertainment in District 2 of Tehran.

the current research is analytical-descriptive and is considered as a development-applied evaluation in terms of its purpose. The data were collected through desk studies and a survey. According to the type of the problem and the purpose of this study, the urban area scale was proposed. Considering the extracted dimensions and indicators, a questionnaire was handed out in a group of 384 households randomly using a researcher-made method with 95% confidence. SPSS software was used for the statistical analysis. Some variables and the research framework were explained by elites and experts in this field using the Delphi method. Then, they were analyzed to determine the level of criteria for weighting and the relative importance of the effective components. Finally, using GIS maps and geographical explanation, the final indicators were classified into four groups using the method of zoning of urban blocks, structural measurement, and the average of the whole city by natural failure method in each index of urban blocks.

The results show that there are child-unfriendly zones in the central, southern, and even northern parts of district 2 of Tehran that cover the main cores of activity.

the urban fabric, access, land use, and relevant layers are influential in the friendliness of the city for children and affect their life quality on small scale.

The increasing development of urban community under the influence of irregulargrowth population and immigrations, leading to unplanned constructions and itsuncontrolled expansion brought about many changes in the spatial structures of urban,This overall changes in its turn require more than ever informed direction, substantialorganization and suitable spatial design. On the other hand, the fundament social,cultural and economical changes are seeking an extensive transformation in the spatialstructure of environmental complexes. Certainly, such changes can not advancewithout effective planning and guidance of urban developers.Urban and regional planners advocating formulating and regulating plans andadopting policies need continuous acquisition of information. Urban planning anddesigning from perception to designing and implementing urban plans need correct,precise , rapid and up-to-date information of local, urban and region.So far, cartographical elements (such as graph, histogram, map, photo, aerialphoto, satellite image and geographical information system) acted as a basic tool forsecuring correct, precise and up to date information leading to better understanding ofurban and regional potentialities, trends of urban planning and designing and finallyproviding an accepted image for urban .Over the recent years, cartographic knowledge, which is influenced byelectronic, satellite and automation has been on the threshold of a fundamental changeand in addition to its determining role of simulation, it has transformed into a uniquetechnique in modeling (designing for future) for the purpose of designing and planningand testing of processes and analyzing the results prior to the implementation.The aim of this article is conducting a research to explain the influence ofautomation in changing the cartography and transforming it into an effective andsalient technique in urban and regional planning and presenting a suitable model.

Quarter as a Socio – Physical Unit is one of the components of Urban Space thatcan be defined and distinguished on internal homogeneity basis. Distinguishing anddrawing the real boundries of Quarters and other Urban Spatial Units is used as a basisin Urban Landuse Planning.This base is used to determine the distribution andallocation of Land uses and to determine the standards and Urban Capita. Fundingsthis Research show that regarding the emphsis of Urban Plans to quantity sides andform factors, especially edges and streets in the process of drawing the boundries ofUrban Spatial – Physical Units like Quartering, this process never results in determinigthe real boundries of Quarters and sometime makes the plans more ineffective.Thus inorder to know the real boudries of Quarters it is necessary to pay attention toQualatative Method and Process Factors as a necessity besides Quantative Methodswith an emphsis on Form Factors.This Article is concerned with the important ofQuartering in Urban Planning , critcism the present Quartering Methods and someSuggestion for preparation a Compound Method in The Urban Quartering Process.The mothod used is Analytical based on doucumentry and Field Studies.