Modeling the effects of high-rise development on urban environmental changes in Ahvaz metropolis with the approach of structural equations

جغرافیاوتوسعه ناحیه ای

Article 43, Volume 22, Issue 2 - Serial Number 47, July 2024

Document Type: Research

DOI: 10.22067/jgrd.2023.84329.1326

Authors

Niloofar Azarbarzin¹; N M^{* 2}; Amirhossein Halabian³; Mostafa Shahinifar⁴

¹PHD Student Department of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

²Associate Professor,Department of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

³Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Nowadays, achieving a suitable and stable density distribution in cities in order to improve the quality of life and improve the urban environment is considered one of the necessities of urban development. The ever-increasing development of the urban population, the limitation of resources and the need for proper efficiency of the existing facilities doubles the importance of paying attention to the high-ranking category of construction and urban environment in cities. In this regard, the main goal of the present study is to investigate the effects of high-rise construction on the changes in the urban environment of Ahvaz metropolis. The statistical population of the present study includes about 1,302,000 citizens of Ahvaz, and among them, using Cochran's formula, 386 people were selected and studied as a statistical sample. The tool used in this research includes a researcher-made questionnaire, whose validity was confirmed in terms of content (form) and structure, and its reliability using composite reliability. Data analysis has been done through correlation analysis and structural equation modeling using SPSS and Smart PLS software. The results of structural equation modeling showed that according to the conceptual model of the test, a strong and significant relationship was observed between the research indicators and the urban high-rise development process (p<0.05) and the model fit indices also show the appropriateness and appropriateness of the data. with the conceptual model and as a result the model is confirmed. Also, the results of the T-Tech test showed that the greatest impact on land use change is the livability index of the first rank, the economic index of the second rank, the infrastructure index of the third rank, the physical index of the fourth rank, the environmental index of the fifth rank and finally the social index. They had the last rank.

Keywords

high-rise construction; urban environment; density; SmartPls; Ahvaz city

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