Structural analysis of body part coherence in one area of Karaj Municipality

One of the most obvious changes that have taken place in the fabric of contemporary cities compared to the old cities of Iran is the loss of physical cohesion. This is hard to find in today's cities. Despite that, cohesion as an essential quality in the physical, social and economic life of cities has received less attention. Urban cohesion has always been one of the most basic structural qualities and central principles and concepts in cities. The urban structure of the Karaj metropolis faces many problems in the field of participation, the growth of informal settlements, administrative, physical, excessive growth of the city, politicization of the performance of urban management, etc.; As a result, paying attention to the space and body of the city and finding solutions to get out of the existing situation and how to integrate the city body and how to control and guide the city from different aspects are of double importance. The present research aims; The analysis of background factors affecting the physical integrity of Karaj city has been compiled, the type of applied research, the method used is analytical-quantitative. Data collection has been done based on library and field sources (researcher-made questionnaire). The statistical population of the research includes experts in the field of urban planning and management. Research indicators in several fields (sectoral integration, urban management, public participation and municipal revenue sources) were extracted and analyzed with PLS software. The results of the analysis show that the indicators of management structure, rules and regulations, urban management, participation and income sources with a significance level of 0.000 and the average observation respectively; 3/388, 3/512, 3/243, 3/179, 3/3 with a total index of 3/228 have a higher than average impact on the physical cohesion of Karaj city. In other words, all the investigated factors are effective in the physical cohesion of one area of Karaj municipality and play an important role in increasing the physical cohesion in the studied area.One of the most obvious changes that have taken place in the fabric of contemporary cities compared to the old cities of Iran is the loss of physical cohesion. This is hard to find in today's cities. Despite that, cohesion as an essential quality in the physical, social and economic life of cities has received less attention. Urban cohesion has always been one of the most basic structural qualities and central principles and concepts in cities. The urban structure of the Karaj metropolis faces many problems in the field of participation, the growth of informal settlements, administrative, physical, excessive growth of the city, politicization of the performance of urban management, etc.; As a result, paying attention to the space and body of the city and finding solutions to get out of the existing situation and how to integrate the city body and how to control and guide the city from different aspects are of double importance. The present research aims; The analysis of background factors affecting the physical integrity of Karaj city has been compiled, the type of applied research, the method used is analytical-quantitative. Data collection has been done based on library and field sources (researcher-made questionnaire). The statistical population of the research includes experts in the field of urban planning and management. Research indicators in several fields (sectoral integration, urban management, public participation and municipal revenue sources) were extracted and analyzed with PLS software. The results of the analysis show that the indicators of management structure, rules and regulations, urban management, participation and income sources with a significance level of 0.000 and the average observation respectively; 3/388, 3/512, 3/243, 3/179, 3/3 with a total index of 3/228 have a higher than average impact on the physical cohesion of Karaj city. In other words, all the investigated factors are effective in the physical cohesion of one area of Karaj municipality and play an important role in increasing the physical cohesion in the studied area.results of the analysis show that the indicators of management structure, rules and regulations, urban management, participation and income sources with a significance level of 0.000 and the average observation respectively; 3/388, 3/512, 3/243, 3/179, 3/3 with a total index of 3/228 have a higher than average impact on the physical cohesion of Karaj city.