نشریه فضای شهری و حیات اجتماعی
پیاپی 11 (زمستان 1403)

As urbanization intensifies, certain urban areas increasingly experience urban decay and deterioration, raising significant concerns among urban managers, planners, and scholars. Theories, programs, and urban plans addressing the renovation and revitalization of deteriorating urban areas have undergone substantial conceptual and procedural transformations. Urban regeneration is now proposed as a comprehensive and optimal approach to address the deficiencies of previous strategies and to enhance them. However, despite some successful precedents, the complexity of the subject, inherent conflicts, and specific contextual characteristics have resulted in considerable inefficiencies in implementing and realizing renovation and revitalization policies. This has created a noticeable gap between theory and practice. This issue is particularly pressing in Iranian metropolises, especially Tehran, where experts and urban managers assert that it demands focused attention. Consequently, this research primarily investigates the feasibility of renovation and revitalization policies in Tehran's neighborhoods. To achieve this, the study explores the concepts of renovation, revitalization, pragmatism, and feasibility through a comprehensive review of specialized literature, and by identifying new elements and relationships, evaluates previous research findings as foundational data, employing descriptive-analytical and descriptive-comparative methods. The study aims to provide answers to the research questions, establish a framework conducive to developing a pragmatic model, and identify key factors influencing the feasibility of urban renovation and revitalization policies. Additionally, interviews with key stakeholders have been instrumental in guiding the research. The findings indicate that, in the current context of the Vali Asr neighborhood, criteria such as oversight in the renovation and revitalization process, construction and completion timelines, the qualifications of builders, the effectiveness of facilitators, and the quality of construction participation contracts are of utmost importance. Ultimately, the study proposes a pragmatic model based on approaches to renovation and revitalization, pragmatism, and feasibility.

The urban space includes various dimensions, of which the physical dimension is one of its important dimensions. Studies show that the quantity and quality of physical elements of the city have a decisive role in the amount of social interactions of citizens, and with proper planning for physical spaces; it can be effective in creating good mood and mental health of society. Based on this, the aim of the present research is to investigate the role of physical elements in social interactions in urban public spaces, in the area of Rezvan Park in the city of Qorveh in Kurdistan province, which has become the most important behavioral center of citizens in the absence of suitable recreational facilities. This research is of descriptive analytical type and was done using qualitative method. In this way, the desired range was divided into six sub-ranges and with the help of systematic resource review techniques, using maps and imaging, the physical elements of the range were taken and produced as separate maps. Then, the role of physical elements in social interactions was investigated by using non-public natural observation techniques and semi-structured interviews with 35 people. The results of the research show that urban furniture, trees, vegetation and grass, buildings, cement tables, sidewalks, and green spaces play the most important role in establishing social interactions in the main park of Qorve city. Therefore, paying attention to these elements through proper physical planning and design can reduce the desire of people to ignore and move quickly in urban public spaces. At the end, the proposal of implementing some physical measures separately from the six target areas has been presented.

The segregation along with the rapid growth of urbanization has become a main issue for the sustainability of megacities. With the increase in the role of industry, technology and knowledge, the division of work has taken place in Tabriz metropolis and the segregation in the structure of Tabriz metropolis has increased in this region. The purpose of the research is to investigate the intensity of spatial-economic segregation of occupational groups as a representative of the income component and the way of dividing occupational groups in the structure of the metropolitan area of Tabriz in 2011, using a phenomenological approach. The research method is quantitative-descriptive in terms of type, practical in terms of purpose. The data of the general census of population and housing in 2011, occupational data at the statistical level have been analyzed in two spatial and non-spatial modes. To measure the intensity of segregation of occupational groups through four classical single-group indicators and three local indicators. To analyze the functioning of the space of occupational groups at the level of Tabriz metropolis, the Kernel density method is used. The results indicate a moderate to low segregation of high and low occupational groups of classical indicators. In the middle occupational group, it shows a medium to high segregation (0.60). According to Moran's, the structure of occupational groups in the metropolis of Tabriz is clustered. Spatial pattern according to kernel for scattered polycentric high occupational group, polycentric middle occupational group, and low occupational group has a semi-circular and continuous pattern.

Housing has long been one of the most basic necessities of human comfort. With the passage of time, cultural ideas have played a significant role in the construction and development of that map, and in a way, the housing body of any culture is considered to be a reflection of its identity, but unfortunately, with the influence and dominance of non-Islamic and Iranian cultures, some cities in the country, especially the metropolis, have been more affected. Is. Now, in order to provide a proper answer to this problem in our country, in this research, with the aim of strengthening the historical, cultural and physical identity of Iranian-Islamic houses in the old and new contexts, we are investigating the two neighborhoods of Mansour and Elahia. First, the indicators collected from the verses and hadiths and related sources and the questionnaires were analyzed using the multi-criteria evaluation model of the network analysis process (ANP) and TOPSIS. The results of the analysis of the indicators in the neighborhoods show that, in general, the Elahia neighborhood is in more favorable conditions than the Mansour neighborhood in terms of Iranian-Islamic indicators. Also, by examining the results of the analysis of the indicators in the neighborhoods, the resistance and safety index are in a relatively favorable situation, and the facade indicators, lack of aristocracy, and neighbor satisfaction are in a relatively unfavorable situation in terms of attention in the neighborhoods.

The spatial structure of the city includes the population distribution pattern and functions that are systematically connected through communication networks. In this regard, in order to reduce the imbalances in the spatial structure of the city, it is necessary to examine the spatial distribution of functions as well as the temporal patterns and population mobility related to these functions. Considering the importance of the subject, the aim of the current research is to examine the structure and functional cores of Tabriz metropolis from the perspective of spatial, temporal and human mobility patterns. The research method in the present research is descriptive-analytical with causal-correlation nature, in order to analyze the information was used in the density and spatial distribution of functional cores, the Kernel density estimation method and in the spatial relations of functions, Moran's index. The findings of the research show that based on the value of Moran's index for functional cores i.e. 0.317598 at the 99% confidence level and the value of the z-score index i.e. 15.000557, it can be said that the dispersion of functional cores is in clustering mode. Also, based on the results, it can be said that Tabriz metropolis is in a mononuclear state (city center) and due to the increase in the distribution of administrative, therapeutic and recreational functions in the eastern regions and industries in the western regions, the ability to transform into a multi-nuclear development pattern in the structure It has its own space. Time patterns and human mobility also confirm the single core of the city in the central part and the formation of sub-cores around the city. Therefore, rethinking the spatial distribution of functions with their optimal placement is an inevitable necessity in the spatial structure of Tabriz metropolis.

Torqabeh is one of the important tourist destinations as a complement to the tourist chain of Mashhad. This city has a high capacity in the field of tourism, which can be used to develop tourism in Mashhad and its metropolitan area with strategic planning and management. In this regard, this research has been carried out with the aim of developing tourism in Torqabeh Villashahr region with emphasis on the role of strategic management. The current research was carried out in a descriptive-analytical way using documentary studies, questionnaires and interviews, and SWOT technique and quantitative strategic planning matrix were used for data analysis. The statistical population consisted of the local community and tourists (384 people were selected by the Cochran method), experts and specialist (20 people were selected by the snowball method). The findings of this research indicated the existence of major weaknesses and threats in the strategic management of tourism in Villashahr Torqabeh, like other tourism regions, and eliminating these threats requires a systematic look at all aspects of tourism. The results of the matrix analysis of internal-external factors indicated the priority of offensive strategies, which indicates the favorable position of strategic management in this region. The prioritization of the region's strategies showed that paying attention to the natural potentials of the region and paying attention to its context is of particular importance. Therefore, the urban management should examine the advantages of the studied area from different dimensions and take appropriate actions within the scope of tourism development.