Rethinking the concept of " the right to the city" and its relationship with justice-oriented urban planningCase Study: A Comparative Analysis of the Haftasiyab and Shishegarkhaneh Neighborhoods of Urmia city

Today, "the right to the city" approach is a new concept in response to the unbalanced urban development process, which ultimately leads to a city with justice, cohesion and social cohesion, healthy, livable, sustainable and citizen-oriented. This approach is considered as an effective solution in saving and reviving civil rights and by emphasizing the factor of the right to urban life, provides the grounds for the realization and achievement of justice-oriented urban planning and democratic enjoyment of the city. Meanwhile, justice-oriented urban planning has entered the field of urban development as an important knowledge and leading approach in urban planning in order to respond to the social-spatial inequalities produced by capitalism.

The present research with an applied goal and descriptive-analytical method, tries to make a comparative assessment of the status of right to the city indicators in urban settlements by adopting a humane background.

The tools used in collecting and analyzing information are using document selection and library methods and using the questionnaire tools and Swara and Mabac techniques. The statistical population and sample size of the research includes the total population of the historical context of Urmia, which has been calculated through the Cochran method, the number of samples.

Geographical Area of Research:

The neighborhoods of Hafasiyab and Shishegarkhaneh in Urmia city have been the cases of the present research.

The results of the analysis indicate that the sub-indicators of access to public services and democracy have the highest and lowest levels of importance, respectively.

Shishegharkhaneh neighborhood of Urmia city in terms of urban governance, social inclusion, diversity and vitality and spatial access to a more favorable situation than the feasibility of the sub-indicators of the right to the city and achieving justice-oriented urban planning Dedicated to himself.