The Role of Morphology and Urban Planning In Enhancing "Physical-Spatial" Resilience of Isfahan Metropolis

The Emerging Theory of Urban Resilience, With a Comprehensive Look at All Community Capacities, is Replacing Inefficient Traditional Crisis Management Methods. This study investigates its resistance with regard to the important position of Isfahan metropolis in Iran's urban hierarchy, focusing on artificial environment, especially urban morphology and planning. In this regard, after selection and localization of the indices, in a holistic approach, three independent evaluation methods, including "field and statistical survey", "interviewing experts using Delphi method" and "family opinion survey using 1990 questionnaires", were used for resilience analysis. The methods of statistical analysis, canonical correlation and multivariate regression and SPSS and R-aided software were used. Surveys show a direct and appropriate correlation between the proposed and resilient indicators of "physical-spatial". The studies also show that the resilience values in the "physical-spatial" dimension of the Isfahan metropolitan area are close to average with values of 2.66. We used a five-level Likert scale of 1 (very low) to 5 (excellent). Also, based on the results, the first priority in planning resilience in terms of quantity is the "physical-spatial" dimension and in this dimension, the "Urban planning and morphology" Index, with a score of 2.53, tops the resiliency planning agenda. After that, the "accessibility index" comes in second with a value of 2.61 and finally the "quality of housing" area with a value of 2.69 is in the third priority of planning. The coefficients of the indexes in the "Resilience Predictive Regression Model" with 0.264 for the "Urban planning and morphology" index, 0.164 for the "Housing Quality Index" and with a very low difference, 0.162 for the "Accessibility Index", the same Results Confirms ranking in terms of the weight of the indicators. These results underscore the central role of 'urban planning' in promoting resilience of cities in the event of crises.