Geography

Geography

Analyzing the Relationship between Urban Space Justice through Urban Adaptation Strategies and the Welfare of the Elderly in Different Urban Spaces (Case Study: Tehran Region 3)

Authors
Sona Shahipour 1
Ali Tavaklan 2
Rahim Sarver 3
1 PhD in Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3 Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Abstract Because of the change in demographic structure of cities, it is no longer possible to meet the needs of individuals in the simple ways of the past. During the last decade the growing population of the elderly people in Tehran has led us to meet new needs for services in different areas of the urban environment, especially the adaptation of the urban space with indicators such as security, safety, accessibility, vitality, communication, social participation and ultimately transportation for the elderly. Therefore, measures should be taken by city planners and managers. In this research, survey method was used to collect information on variables and then SPSSwin20 and LISREL8.5 softwares were used for data analysis. The statistical population is the elderly citizens of District three of Tehran that is 71199 people, which makes up about 22% of the residents of this district. In this article, we seek to answer the question of whether elderly people will be provided with urban space justice. In this regard, the results show that the correlations are greater than 0.6 and equal to 1.00. As a result, we end up that the relation of the two variables is direct. In other words, the more urban spatial justice is promoted through the discovery and analysis of appropriate urban strategies for the elderly, the welfare of the elderly will increase rapidly and strongly, and vice versa.
Keywords
Elder. Adjustment. Urban justice. Urban welfare. District 3 of Tehran

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Geography
Volume 17, Issue 63
Winter 2020. pp1-245.
Winter 2020
Pages 76-91