Spatial analysis of social justice in city of Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

ABSTRACTLack of spatial balance in the cities is due to inefficiencies in municipal management and the prevailing ideology. Conducting studies regarding the spatial, geographic and social justice is an inevitable necessity, and carrying out the related studies on the megacity of Isfahan is not an exception. The methodology adopted here is descriptive, subjective and analytic based on efficiency objectives. The documentation, field survey, questionnaire, data archives, maps, statistical records and reports are all applied in data collection process. To analyse the data, a combination of the Human Development Index model, the nearest neighbourhood average (NNA) and ZONAL analysis in GIS environment was applied. The availability of social justice is not homogenous in the megacity of Isfahan, where 5.28% of city space enjoys the social justice, partially available for 39.59%, almost unavailable for 36.19%, whereas 18.24% is completely deprived. This indicates that around 55% of city space has been deprived from social justice. The NNA test here is measured as 0.767247 and since it is less than 1.0, it is deduced that the social justice is distributed in a heterogeneous manner in the spatial distribution clusters in the city of Isfahan. This indicates that there are some unfavourable sections in the city.