Ranking and relative comparison of Ahvaz metropolitan regions in terms of urban smart growth available indicators

Smart urban growth is a holistic pattern, which tries to guide the growth of cities with the least negative consequences. The present study was conducted to assess the current situation of the metropolis of Ahvaz in terms of appropriateness to urban smart growth available  indicators.

The present research is an applied type that has been done with a quantitative-analytical approach. The statistical population of the study is regions of Ahvaz metropolis; The data related to 54 indicators of smart urban growth in the scale of these areas and in the framework of 4 criteria physical - land use, socio-economic, access - transportation and environment using a combination Shapiro-Dilek and Kolmogorov - Smirnov and single sample t; Index of dispersion and Vicor method were also analyzed.

Ahvaz has not had smart And there are differences between regions as well as indicators in this metropolis. In relation to the appropriateness of Ahwaz metropolitan areas with the indicators of smart urban growth, in the physical index, the first 7th region and the last 8th region; In the socio-economic index, zone 2 first and zone 6 last; In the access-transportation index, the first zone 4 and the last zone 6; In the environmental index, zone 4 is the first and zone 6 is the last, and in the integrated index, zone 4 is the first and zone 6 is the last. the situation of environmental criteria is more inappropriate than other criteria. However, other criteria are not in a good position.

Among the metropolitan regions of Ahvaz, region 6, and among the indicators of smart urban growth, the environmental index has the most unfavorable situation. Also, the access-transportation index will have the greatest effect on reducing the distance between regions, so improving these three is a priority.