Urban neighborhood regeneration model with emphasis on improving the livability (Case study: Sirous neighborhood, District 12, Tehran municipality)

Amini, Marzieh; Nonejad, Narges; Dadfar, Shima; Farzad Behtash, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.22034/uep.2025.561331.1786

Urban neighborhood regeneration model with emphasis on improving the livability (Case study: Sirous neighborhood, District 12, Tehran municipality)

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

Marzieh Amini ¹

Narges Nonejad ²

Shima Dadfar ²

Mohammad Reza Farzad Behtash ²

¹ Ph.D Student, Department of Urban Planning, NT.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, NT.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/uep.2025.561331.1786

Abstract

Unbalanced urban development has led to physical, economic, social, environmental, and managerial imbalances, as well as the failure of the regeneration model in urban neighborhoods. One of the negative consequences of such a process is the degradation of areas, which decreases the level of livability. The research objective is to study the significance of the Sirous neighborhood regeneration pattern in District 12 of Tehran Municipality, with a focus on improving livability. Research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative-quantitative in terms of method. The statistical community consisted of 50 experts. The non-probabilistic and snowball sampling methods were employed. Research information was collected through a library method. The data were collected using closed-ended questions and analyzed through the Delphi panel model. The results revealed the unfavorable conditions for the physical criteria in four indicators of housing and wear, transport network, access, and transport; for the environmental criteria in two indicators of pollution/climate and green spaces; for the social and cultural criteria in three indicators of participation/interaction/communication, identity, and sense of belonging to the place; for the economic criteria in thre indicators of budget and investment, facilities and infrastructure, and activity and employment; and for the management criteria in three indicators of integration, design and plan, and undesirable regulations. This indicated that the redevelopment plans prepared for the revitalization of degraded areas had not been implemented with an integrated approach to all physical, environmental, economic, social, and managerial dimensions, reducing the livability of the Sirous neighborhood.

Keywords

Regeneration

model

livability

upgrading

Sirous neighborhood

Subjects

Urban Studies

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