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Engineer Fatemeh Emami Pour Motlaghian, Dr Seyed Abbas Yazdanfar, Dr Neda Sadat Sahragard Monfared,
Volume 12, Issue 1 (3-2024)
Abstract

Challenges associated with declining residential values in old urban areas have made regeneration a priority. Mixed land use is a cornerstone of smart growth and modern urban planning. This study aims to identify and evaluate mixed land use components influencing old urban texture regeneration.
This study employs a mixed method. Initially, through descriptive-analytical methods and content analysis, the components affecting mixed land use and the regeneration of old textures, along with their frequency, were extracted. Subsequently, the relationships between the components of mixed land use affecting in the regeneration of old textures were systematically outlined, and a researcher-made questionnaire was accordingly prepared. The Sirous neighborhood was selected as a case study, with 120 residents surveyed.
Findings indicate that housing type diversity, pedestrian-bike orientation, and functional vertical/horizontal integration significantly impact regeneration in Sirous neighborhood. Correlation analysis determined the extent of these relationships and informed design strategies. These include creating housing diversity to attract groups of various income, establishing accessible amenities for essential goods and services to promote pedestrian orientation, and incorporating green elements in facades and path pavement.

Mona Borjian Boroujeni, Seyed-Abbas Agha Yazdanfar, Neda-Sadat Sahragard Monfared,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (10-2024)
Abstract

Childhood is the most important period of human life and children are the most precious wealth in any country. Childhood and its story, has always affected one's life in all aspects. The house and its immediate environment, the neighborhood, where children spend most of their time, have a significant impact on their health. That's a good reason for this place to be potentially able to cause a range of physical and mental problems for children, or, on the other hand, help them spend a healthy and energetic childhood. However, the design of these environments, often only based on the wishes and needs of adults, has made a set of alarming changes in children's daily habits; changes that make them more prone to problems such as depression, obesity, aggressive behavior, asthma, attention deficit disorder, heart disease, etc., by blocking them in a virtual space behind computers and in an artificial childhood. Since the number of apartment dwellers is increasing daily, more research in the field of residential architecture and child health should be done in order to create a favorable physical environment to raise healthy children. The upcoming research was done with the aim of prioritizing more effective design components for children's health in a residential complex and also answering the question that what the most important physical criteria for raising healthy children in residential environments are. For this purpose, a survey questionnaire was compiled for 4 groups, consisting of 100 children's architects, child psychologists, children's parents, and child educators after reviewing the sources by descriptive-analytical method, and was finally analyzed by Friedman's test and Shannon's entropy, which led to the most important environmental components of children's health in residential complexes in each group's point of view.
The results indicated that safety and security issues are the most obvious components that should be provided in spatial structures which are suitable for children. After these two obvious components, it can be said that while architects see play spaces as an educational-social-psychological-cultural context for children, to parents, sufficient light and a feeling of comfort about their child's physical development in optimal conditions is important. Psychologists also seek to expand children's bond with their peers and strengthen their interactions with others (in order to achieve basic life skills and achieve independence in self-management), and educators, as parents did, are concerned about providing enough light for the child's early development.


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