ISSN: 2717-4417
Slum Settlements
Investigating the impact of livability of low-income residential spaces on the empowerment of its residents (Case study: four informal areas of Tabriz city)

zahra shahihagh; Minoo Gharehbaglou; Hamed Beyti

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 August 2023

https://doi.org/10.22034/urbs.2023.62804

Abstract
  Housing is considered one of the most important human needs, and marginal settlements are the solution of the low-income sections of the society to the housing problem, and it has gradually led to various problems and has made these settlements face serious challenges. Of course, various approaches have ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Investigating the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Resilience of Informal Settlements of Urmia against Covid-19 Pandemic

Mojtaba Arasteh; mohammad hosein pour hasan zadeh; Maryam Baghaei

Volume 12, Issue 45 , February 2023, , Pages 69-82

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2023.011

Abstract
  Highlights- COVID-19 has revealed gaps in health management along with a high rate of infectious diseases in informal settlements.- We focused on three components and eight indicators of resilience to evaluate the performance of NGOs in the control of the COVID-19 outbreak.- The vulnerability of informal ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
The phenomenon of space in informal settlements: the lived experience of Imam Hassan mojtaba Bazaar in Nasimshahr (Akbarabad) (1986- 2016)

Zahra Eskandari Dorbati; Mehrdad Javaheripour; Farah Torkaman

Volume 12, Issue 45 , February 2023, , Pages 97-108

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2022.006

Abstract
  Highlights - Creation of fields of social participation requires an understanding of the capabilities of these communities.- The theoretical approach of phenomenological research and its experimental planning is qualitative.- From the point of view of the lived experience of the studied social group, ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Application of Futuristic Approach (Informal Armature) in the Regularization of urban Spontaneous Settlements (in Sanandaj city Situation)

Kayomars Irandoost; Milad Doostvandi; Kasra Ashouri; seyed mohamad Ghanezade

Volume 11, Issue 44 , October 2022, , Pages 3-16

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2022.391

Abstract
  Highlights- Different approaches and policies have been adopted to confront spontaneous urban settlements, which have failed to stop the development process of these settlements.- The informal urban settlement needs to be politically approved in developing countries, such as Iran, as it will be involved ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Comparative Analysis of Demographic Characteristics in Formal and Informal Settlements of Sanandaj

Saeed Khani; Kayoumars Irandoost; Alireza Kammali

Volume 10, Issue 40 , November 2021, , Pages 105-118

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2022.210

Abstract
  Highlights - With increasing urbanization and the importance of planning, demographic data and analysis are needed at the level of urban districts. - The paper compares the demographic indicators and characteristics of informal settlements and other settlements in Sanandaj. - Along with demographic ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Spatial assessment of spontaneous settlements in connection with the living structure of residents (Case Study: Northern Zone Settlements in Tabriz)

Maryam Soleimani; minoo gharehbaglou

Volume 10, Issue 40 , November 2021, , Pages 119-132

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2021.115

Abstract
  Highlights The residence of informal settlements in the northern part of Tabriz is affected by the legitimate structures and signification of the region. In their social life, marginalized residents do not pay much attention to the rules set by the upstream planners. Marginalized residents reproduce ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
The incremental housing as a strategy in upgrading housing in informal settlements; Case study: Chabahar city

Alireza Nazarnia; Leila Zare; Fariborz Dolatabadi

Volume 10, Issue 38 , May 2021, , Pages 77-90

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2021.809

Abstract
  Highlights The informal settlement, as a result of rapid urbanization, is created in or outside of formal and illegal skirts of cities. This research insists on the strategy of incremental housing as a process in the physical improvement of Chabahar informal settlements. In the final pattern for residents, ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
The effect of Spatial Configuration on the Sociability of Informal Settlements: (Case study of Hesar and Dizaj Neighborhoods in Hamedan)

Saeid Alitajer; Pooria Saadativaghar; Mohammad Bashir Robati; Ahmad Heydari

Volume 7, Issue 26 , May 2018, , Pages 57-72

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.032

Abstract
  In recent years, for reasons such as population growth, increased rural migration, and the migrants’ financial inability to afford housing, the host cities are facing the problem of illegal settlements that are built densely without observing the principles of construction. These are usually known ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Evaluation the level of sustainability in informal neighborhoods by using ecological footprint model (The case of Abas-abad neighborhood, Sanandaj)

Kioumars Habibi; arman rahimi

Volume 7, Issue 26 , May 2018, , Pages 89-98

https://doi.org/10.34785/J011.2018.002

Abstract
  One area of unsustainable urban development, especially in developing countries living with acute problems, is the so-called informal settlements which requires adopting special measures to regulate their current situation and prevent their spread in the future. With the introduction of sustainable urban ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Evaluating the Components of Institutional and Social Resilience in Urban Spontaneous Settlements (Case Study: Naisar Separated Urban District in Sanandaj)

akbar mohammadi; Kasra Ashouri; mohammad bashir robati

Volume 6, Issue 22 , May 2017, , Pages 75-88

Abstract
  Nowadays, due to different reasons such as low financial affordability, high cost of standard housing, lack of affordable land in cities (especially for a particular population), lack of scientific criteria in finding location (for housing) or in urban development, and as urban development processes ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Analyzing the impacts of social sustainability on the perception of tenure security in informal settlements: the case study of Koshtargah neighborhood in Urmia

bahman ahmadi

Volume 5, Issue 20 , November 2016, , Pages 29-42

Abstract
  Tenure security is a fundamental right of households lack of which leads to economic, social, psychological and political problems; thus, tenure insecurity has become a deprivation index in informal settlements. In recent years, special attention has been given to tenure security in improving informal ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Identifying the key factors influencing the future status of urban slums regarding future study approach: the case study of Sanandaj
Volume 5, Issue 20 , November 2016, , Pages 53-64

Abstract
  Urban slums have always been a challenge for urban managers in our country. In recent years, some problems such as rapid and continuous changes and emergence of new issues has led to planning and policy in this area to be solved with short-term and temporary measures.  Transformation and change ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Review the causes formation of the suburbanization of Zabol city with an emphasis on empowerment
Volume 6, Issue 21 , February 2016, , Pages 17-28

Abstract
  Informal settlements or slum dwellings is a general concept referring to urban residents who live in extremely poor and unsuitable living and housing conditions. Various theories regarding these kinds of settlements and how to deal with them in Iran have been proposed but none have been instrumental ...  Read More

Slum Settlements
Achieving to neighborhood sustainable development within social capacity of informal settlement’s inhabitants and economical activists’: (Case study:Shemiran Nou)
Volume 1, Issue 4 , March 2012, , Pages 3-12

Abstract
  This paper is a practical attempt to choose social changing methods instead of environmental regenerations in order to manage and upgrade informal settlements areas. The approach of this research is in this way that inhabitants of informal settlements are accepted as residents with an urban right and ...  Read More