The Spatial Analysis and Ranking of the 15 Districts of Isfahan City Based on Public Transportation Access Justice

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MA holder in Architecture and Urban Planning, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

In the current era, justice and advancement are deemed as the two wings of sustainable development, with each being worthless without the other. As one of the main service systems in cities, public transportation has an important role in the realization of justice. As a result, the purpose of this article was to analyze and rank the 15 districts of Isfahan metropolis based on justice in accessing public transportation. In order to attain this goal, the required data was collected using document analysis and field study (through observation and questionnaire). The Best-Worst (BWM) and COCOSO methods were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that Districts 1 and 3 had the most and Districts 9, 11, and 14 the least public transportation facilities. Moreover, the need to public transportation – in terms of the number of users – was highest in Districts 8 and 10 and lowest in Districts 2, 9, and 11. The combination of these two factors also showed that Districts 1, 2, 3, and 15 had bigger facility to user ratios, while Districts 8, 10, 11, and 14 had smaller facility to user ratios. In the other districts, the facility to user ratio was mainly moderate. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to this gap between facilities and users’ needs when planning for public transportation in future.

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Town and Country Planning
Volume 13, Issue 2
October 2021
Pages 619-646

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  • Receive Date: 26 August 2021
  • Revise Date: 06 November 2021
  • Accept Date: 06 November 2021

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