According to the , citing the Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF), “Developme of a sustainable housing model from the neighborhood to the city (case study: metropolis Karaj)” is the postdoctoral project of Samia Alipour, which was carried out under the guidance of Abolfazl Meshkini and supported by the National Science Foundation of Iran.
Alipour, stating that from the obvious physical manifestations of the urban environme; Housing and resideial units play a very importa role in changes in the quality of life. The housing sector with all its aspects as well as its macro and micro criteria has a key and decisive part in the urban system, this share from employme and gross domestic product to powerful links. back and the former with the national economy; Also, housing, with its commodity dimension, is sometimes the most importa asset and the main source of savings and investme for urban households, and in this regard, urban housing can be considered an importa part of life and the main compones in the economic, social, and physical relations of resides.
He clarified: On the other hand, this very importa compone is closely related to the economic structure and function of households, living methods, job positions, personal and social needs of resides, etc. therefore The programs and policies of this field are highly sensitive and should be regulated and implemeed in such a way as to reduce its horizoal and general effects and create disturbances and imbalances at all levels of the middle-city to the national region and not cause a decrease in the quality of life and livability.
He emphasized: Therefore, dealing with modern urban methods and approaches, each of which is aimed at solving urban problems, improving the quality and quaity of housing, improving the quality of the resideial environme, increasing personal and social security, increasing the hope and sense of belonging of the resides of the resideial environme, and many other things, is absolutely necessary in order to be able to advance the city towards desirability and have livable housing.
This researcher added: One of these approaches is foresight, the emergence of which is equal to the major weakness of the urban planning system. The methods of recognition and construction in foresight require ieraction with the obvious and hidden social phenomena and then during the planning process.
He coinued: Foresight in the field of housing can help to evaluate policies in this field, rank places in terms of livability, formulate manageme strategies and urban planning, and provide a deep understanding of prioritizing issues for urban planners and managers in order to improve the quality of life for citizens.
This researcher coinued: Among the advaages of this approach in dealing with housing, we can meion the ideification of problematic neighborhoods and resideial environmes, the causes of people’s dissatisfaction with the resideial environme, the priorities of citizens in the resideial environme, the impact of the total social and economic factors on the quality of life and the monitoring of the effectiveness of policies and strategies in this area.
In the end, Alipour poied out: Also, the lack of extensive and wide-ranging experimeal studies in this field in Iran and the lack of evaluation of housing viability on a local scale are the main necessities of these studies.
