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Towards sustainable development by new town planning : case study of Mazandaran Province of Iran
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.2405
Publikationstyp
Doctoral Thesis
Date Issued
2019
Sprache
English
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Title Granting Institution
Technische Universität Hamburg
Place of Title Granting Institution
Hamburg
Examination Date
2019-06-14
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99
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Technische Universität Hamburg (2019)
The New Town planning concept was evaluated as an alternative solution for regulating imbalanced urban-rural growth in the Mazandaran province of Iran. The research was conducted in three main aspects. Firstly, local development through creation of small- scale enterprises with low-tech solutions was studied by analysing several small-scale businesses. Secondly, human well-being assessment was conducted in the Kandelous village by considering housing, earning and job, work-life balance, education, environmental quality, health, civic engagement and governance, personal security, social connections, happiness, and life satisfaction topics. Thirdly, the study area was assessed to identify suitable place for creating New Town settlement by using an integrated GIS-AHP technique that was followed by a validation step using high resolution Google Earth images and a field study survey.
It was found that small-scale business with low-tech solutions can support a suitable quality of life for local people including a suitable work-life balance. However, this balance highly depends on management skills rather than size of business. In all studied cases, a strong link between business and social development was identified. In all described cases several socio-economic-environmental achievements were detected that are useful for application in other villages.
The conducted human well-being assessment in the Kandelous village shows that the surveyed people are happy and satisfied with their life in the village. Moreover, we have detected high well-being status in different topics such as social connections, civic engagement, work- life balance, health, employment rate, and environmental quality. Thus, small-scale settlements can not only play a role in ecological functionality of the region but also can offer an attractive life for people. However, expectations of people about life have a key role in the life satisfaction of people.
The LSA assessment indicated that 163.29 Km2 (0.68%) of the study area is highly suitable for creation of New Town settlement. While 2,418.79 Km2 (10.15 %) is moderately suitable, 2,749.06 Km2 (11.53 %) is marginally suitable land, 1,931.86 Km2 (8.10 %) is currently not suitable, 28.38 Km2 (0.12%) is permanently unsuitable. Slope was identified as an important topographical restriction factor in the proposed decision support model, whereas approximately 53.25% of total area was classified as very steep area (30-500 degree). The distribution of existing farms among the suitability classless was determined in 24,000 km2, that was randomly selected.
approximately 94 percent of highly suitable, 78 percent of moderately suitable, and 16 percent of marginally suitable lands were used for agricultural activities.
At a country level, Miyankaleh, Miyandrodbozorgh, Roodpayshomali, Kalarastaghgharbi, and Golijan counties were determined as the most suitable places for New Town development, whereas about 86.80% of highly suitable lands (141.73 Km2), 14.07% of moderately suitable lands (340.47 Km2), and 3.02% of marginally suitable lands (88.14 Km2) are located in these counties. The field study survey was conducted for the Miankaleh County, the results indicate that this county has a unique environmental quality with a rich fauna and flora. From socio-economic analysis, this county has an imbalanced urban- rural growth, whereas a negative growth rate for rural settlements was detected. Besides, low employment rate (22-37%) can be noted as another socio-economic challenge for this county. Although, several opportunities such as unique environmental quality, close distance to the Caspian Sea, and a good logistic access can be considered for creating New Town settlements.
It was found that small-scale business with low-tech solutions can support a suitable quality of life for local people including a suitable work-life balance. However, this balance highly depends on management skills rather than size of business. In all studied cases, a strong link between business and social development was identified. In all described cases several socio-economic-environmental achievements were detected that are useful for application in other villages.
The conducted human well-being assessment in the Kandelous village shows that the surveyed people are happy and satisfied with their life in the village. Moreover, we have detected high well-being status in different topics such as social connections, civic engagement, work- life balance, health, employment rate, and environmental quality. Thus, small-scale settlements can not only play a role in ecological functionality of the region but also can offer an attractive life for people. However, expectations of people about life have a key role in the life satisfaction of people.
The LSA assessment indicated that 163.29 Km2 (0.68%) of the study area is highly suitable for creation of New Town settlement. While 2,418.79 Km2 (10.15 %) is moderately suitable, 2,749.06 Km2 (11.53 %) is marginally suitable land, 1,931.86 Km2 (8.10 %) is currently not suitable, 28.38 Km2 (0.12%) is permanently unsuitable. Slope was identified as an important topographical restriction factor in the proposed decision support model, whereas approximately 53.25% of total area was classified as very steep area (30-500 degree). The distribution of existing farms among the suitability classless was determined in 24,000 km2, that was randomly selected.
approximately 94 percent of highly suitable, 78 percent of moderately suitable, and 16 percent of marginally suitable lands were used for agricultural activities.
At a country level, Miyankaleh, Miyandrodbozorgh, Roodpayshomali, Kalarastaghgharbi, and Golijan counties were determined as the most suitable places for New Town development, whereas about 86.80% of highly suitable lands (141.73 Km2), 14.07% of moderately suitable lands (340.47 Km2), and 3.02% of marginally suitable lands (88.14 Km2) are located in these counties. The field study survey was conducted for the Miankaleh County, the results indicate that this county has a unique environmental quality with a rich fauna and flora. From socio-economic analysis, this county has an imbalanced urban- rural growth, whereas a negative growth rate for rural settlements was detected. Besides, low employment rate (22-37%) can be noted as another socio-economic challenge for this county. Although, several opportunities such as unique environmental quality, close distance to the Caspian Sea, and a good logistic access can be considered for creating New Town settlements.
DDC Class
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
710: Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
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