Measurement and analysis of quiet city indicators in Islamic Iranian cities (Case study: Chabahar city)
Subject Areas : GeographyShah Bakhsh Raisi 1 , Seyed Gholamreza Miri 2 , Safoura Abkhesht 3 , Sima Firoozi Rad 4 , Afsaneh Pourian 5
1 - Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran,
2 - Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran,
3 - Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran,
4 - Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
5 - Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
Keywords: Quiet city, Islamic Iranian city, Chabahar.,
Abstract :
Islamic Iranian city is a concept to introduce cities influenced by Islamic culture, religious teachings and values. Therefore, the present study has been prepared with the aim of measuring and analyzing the characteristics of a quiet city in Iranian-Islamic cities (Case study: Chabahar city). The research method is descriptive-analytical and in terms of purpose, it is one of the applied researches. The required information has been collected from library resources and field studies and a questionnaire. The statistical population is the citizens living in the city of Chabahar, which in 2016 had 106739 people living in the city. The sample selected using Cochran's method is 305 people. The characteristics of a quiet city consist of six main criteria (environmental protection, awareness and information, urban management, support for domestic production, city quality and hospitality). The results of T-test indicate that the status of environmental protection and hospitality indicators is higher than the normal or average level and is in an unsuitable condition for urban management and awareness and information indicators. The status of the local production support index is relatively unsatisfactory and the quality index of the city is relatively suitable. Also, based on the results of Kendall concordance test, it was determined that the hospitality index with an average rank of 4.39 has the highest average and the best rank, then environmental protection with an average rank of 3.92 and the quality of the city with an average rank of 3.07 ranks. The next ones were dedicated to themselves. In this regard, the awareness and information index with an average rank of 2.95 has the lowest rank among the research indicators in the field of quiet city in Chabahar. Finally, based on the results of factor analysis, the highest factor load was obtained for the city quality index with a rate of 0.897, environmental protection with a rate of 0.893 and support for local products with a rate of 0.873, respectively.