A Comparative View on the Degree of Realization of Urban Resilience based on Facts and Perceptions in Three Old, Middle and New Contexts of Qazvin City

Abstract

Context and purpose: The discussion of urban resilience is considered the most important discussion in the organization of cities today. A resilient city is a city that evaluates, plans and takes action to prepare and respond to all kinds of natural and human hazards, sudden and slow, expected and unexpected. Now, this issue becomes more important when there is a variety of textures in a city, because according to the characteristics of each texture, special measures must be taken into account in terms of resilience. Also, paying attention to the opinion of the residents who are the main owners of the cities should be taken into account in making the cities resilient. The most important goal of the present research is to examine the differences in the new, middle and old contexts in Qazvin city and the existence of a relationship To determine the significance between facts (objective indicators) and perceptions (subjective indicators) in the field of urban resilience in Qazvin city. Method: The case study in this research is the city of Qazvin. This research is of applied type and its method is descriptive-analytical, and in order to examine the difference between new, middle and old contexts, Kruskal-Wallis test was used, and in order to measure the relationship between facts and perceptions, Pearson's correlation coefficient was used. Findings: The findings of this research indicate that in terms of institutional, physical, social and economic dimensions, except for some indicators, the new context is in a much better condition than other contexts, and other contexts need to be addressed in the field of urban resilience. are It was also studied that there is a significant relationship between people's opinions and objective facts in the field of resilience in Qazvin city. Conclusion: The chi-square results in the Kruskal-Wallis test showed that there is a significant difference in the field of urban resilience in the new, middle and old contexts of Qazvin city. Also, the positive and significant coefficients of the Spearman coefficient indicated that there is a significant relationship between objective and subjective indicators of urban resilience. The results of this research can be used in Qazvin Municipality and other institutions related to crisis management.