Sociocultural Impact assessment of the redesign of Karaj city squares, a case study of Esteghlal Square (Esbi)
Subject Areas :
صلاح الدین قادری
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نورالدین فراش خیالو
2
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سمانه علی بخشیان
3
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Abstract :
This research is a type of social and cultural impact assessment research, which was conducted with the aim of identifying the effects of Shahr Karaj's Esteghlal Square redesign project, identifying the beneficiaries, the social background of the project, possible reactions to the project, scenarios ahead of the project, etc. Conceptual and theoretical issues supporting the study of OTAF are theoretical topics in the field of OTAF and urban public spaces and their design requirements. The project implementation method is of a mixed type (quantitative and qualitative) with an emphasis on field studies based on survey, individual and group interviews, document review and comparative studies. The method of analyzing the findings is based on analytical and descriptive methods, content analysis, scenario writing and stakeholder analysis. The findings of the research show that the local residents largely agree with the implementation of the plan. Among the stakeholders with high power and high influence (traffic police, traffic deputy, Sima and Manzar organization and also local builders), there is a lot of opposition to the implementation of the proposed plan of the urban development deputy, and they consider the plan to cause more traffic and congestion. Based on the 4 scenarios ahead of the plan, the adjustment scenario is approved by the study of Ataf and suggestions have been made in line with this scenario.
