A comparative study of the livability indices of urban areas of Islamshahr

Today, urban livability reflects a powerful discourse on urban development and urban design that has emerged in the urban planning history. Such a discourse points to the desirable relationship between the urban environment and social meaning. In the general sense,livability is the concept of achieving life capability and are in fact the quality of good planning or sustainable placement. The purpose of this study is to measure and evaluate urban livability in the six districts of Islamshahr. The present study is applied in terms of targeting and in terms of descriptive-analytical method. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess its livability with a reliability of 0.940. The statistical population of the study was 6 districts of Islamshahr and the sample size was estimated based on Cochran formula with %940 error rate of 384 persons which was allocated according to the population of each region. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Friedman tests, path analysis and Shannon entropy methods, WASPAS Multi-criteria decision making technique in Smart Pls and Arc Gis software environment. The results showed that economic index (2.5) was the most important and environmental index (2.20) had the least importance in the livability of Islamshahr. Other findings showed that zones 3, 2 and 1 had a score of 0.2319, 0.17610, and 0.16530, respectively, in terms of biodegradability indexes among the 6 zones. Ranks first to third. On the other hand, Zone 6 was in the last position with the lowest amount of 0.0436.