A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering
Background: Estimation of urban vulnerability to earthquakes can be considered as an Ill-structured problem in urban in both unplanned and planned ar-eas. Multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) provides a way to integrate different spatial data layers in a geographic information system to create composite...
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| author | Mohsen Ahadnezhad Reveshty Mohammad Javad Kamelifar Behzad Ranjbarnia Alireza Pashaiifar |
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| description | Background: Estimation of urban vulnerability to earthquakes can be considered as an Ill-structured problem in urban in both unplanned and planned ar-eas. Multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) provides a way to integrate different spatial data layers in a geographic information system to create composite maps representing risk. We utilized MCE in a raster Geographic Information System (GIS) to evaluate risk in vulnerable tissues of Tabriz, Iran zone.
Methods: In this MCE physical risk factors and sub-factors were included and were weighted by experts. Afterward data entered to GIS and then the layers of the criteria were exported. The obtained results were entered to IDRISI and fuzzified. Ultimately the final map of physical vulnerability was outputted by overlaying order.
Results: Vulnerable tissues are highly consistent to non-official areas. How-ever, the planned area which is called Valiasr is in low risky condition and this condition is desirable in crisis times. Here, we observe the preference of physical pre-planning operations.
Conclusion: The links between urban planning and health are many and varied. Environmental, social and economic conditions in cities can have both positive and negative influences on human health and centre. Urban planning and related professions play an important role in shaping those conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2837dca966304484b8ff6d3bd6de389a2022-12-21T23:20:45ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesHealth Promotion Perspectives2228-64972228-64972014-07-014112213110.5681/hpp.2014.016A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil EngineeringMohsen Ahadnezhad Reveshty0Mohammad Javad Kamelifar1Behzad Ranjbarnia2Alireza Pashaiifar3Department of Geography, Zanjan University, Zanjan, IranDepartment of Geography, Zanjan University, Zanjan, IranDepartment of Geography and Urban Planning, Isfahan University, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Management, Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, Tabriz, IranBackground: Estimation of urban vulnerability to earthquakes can be considered as an Ill-structured problem in urban in both unplanned and planned ar-eas. Multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) provides a way to integrate different spatial data layers in a geographic information system to create composite maps representing risk. We utilized MCE in a raster Geographic Information System (GIS) to evaluate risk in vulnerable tissues of Tabriz, Iran zone. Methods: In this MCE physical risk factors and sub-factors were included and were weighted by experts. Afterward data entered to GIS and then the layers of the criteria were exported. The obtained results were entered to IDRISI and fuzzified. Ultimately the final map of physical vulnerability was outputted by overlaying order. Results: Vulnerable tissues are highly consistent to non-official areas. How-ever, the planned area which is called Valiasr is in low risky condition and this condition is desirable in crisis times. Here, we observe the preference of physical pre-planning operations. Conclusion: The links between urban planning and health are many and varied. Environmental, social and economic conditions in cities can have both positive and negative influences on human health and centre. Urban planning and related professions play an important role in shaping those conditions.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-4-122.pdfPopulation healthUrban tissuePhysical vulnerabilityMCEFuzzy approach |
| spellingShingle | Mohsen Ahadnezhad Reveshty Mohammad Javad Kamelifar Behzad Ranjbarnia Alireza Pashaiifar A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering Health Promotion Perspectives Population health Urban tissue Physical vulnerability MCE Fuzzy approach |
| title | A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering |
| title_full | A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering |
| title_fullStr | A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering |
| title_short | A Comparative Study on Physical Vulnerability of Urban Area against Natural Hazards: Importance of Health Promoting Approach in Civil Engineering |
| title_sort | comparative study on physical vulnerability of urban area against natural hazards importance of health promoting approach in civil engineering |
| topic | Population health Urban tissue Physical vulnerability MCE Fuzzy approach |
| url | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-4-122.pdf |
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