Investigating the Relationship between Smart Growth Parameters and the Theory of Space Syntax in a Variety of Urban Contexts (Case study: Bojnourd)

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
F. Roozkhosh
M. Moulavi
A. Salaripour
Urban Planning and Design Department, Art and Architecture Faculty, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran
Abstract
As time goes on and cities expand, various issues, such as traffic problems, noise and air pollution, urban sprawling, land use incompatibility, and so on, are plaguing urban managers. Sustainable development is one of the methods that tries to improve the current problems of cities by relying on minimal use of resources. One component of this model is smart growth, which claims to be consistent with the principles of sustainability. This paper attempts to explore the relationship between these indicators by examining the main parameters of smart growth and its adaptation to the components of spatial arrangement theory in three urban contexts in Bojnourd. In this regard, three main components of smart growth (pedestrian capability, user mixing and public transport) in these contexts have been investigated using TOPSIS and ANP methods. UCL Depthmap software has also been used to analyze space syntax indices.

This research was a developmental one and observational methods, questionnaires and libraries were used for data collection. The results indicate that walk-ability and mixed land use indices in the three investigated contexts were affected by the connectivity and integration of passages. However, in the study of public transport accessibility index, the impact of these indices has not been seen.

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Naqshejahan- Basic studies and New Technologies of Architecture and Planning
Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 28
Winter 2020
Pages 313-322