Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

Analysis and evaluation of the indicators of a health city from the perspective of citizens (case study: the coastal city of Bushehr)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Hajian 1
Saeed Maleki 2
1 Ph.D student of geography and urban planning , Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz,Ahvaz,Iran
2 Professor Department of Geography & Urban Planning, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran
10.22034/gahr.2024.471494.2222
Abstract
Today, the crisis of urban development has gained wider dimensions in most parts of the world. The emergence of such a situation is caused by the general conditions of societies in the present era. In recent decades, the growth of the urban population has increased sharply with the large migration of people to the cities. The urban environment, which determines the health and well-being of city dwellers, is in crisis. The present study examines the status of healthy city indicators in Bushehr, one of the coastal cities of Iran. Descriptive-analytical research method and data were collected by documentary and field method (questionnaire). The statistical population of the research was 72 people, including experts, experts and urban managers of the coastal city of Bushehr, who were selected by simple random sampling. In order to determine the validity, the questionnaire was given to experts and some items were modified with their opinion and its content validity was confirmed. The reliability of the research tool (questionnaire) was evaluated with SPSS software and the Cronbach's alpha test was equal to 0.83; This value is suitable for research tools. Data analysis was done using t-test. The results of the current research indicated that, in total, the results showed that: 1) the health component with a coefficient of (76.280); 2) public health component with coefficient (129/266); 3) comfort component with coefficient (107.346); 4) Security component with coefficient (111.160) and 5) Beauty component with coefficient (116.466) are significant. The calculated average score of the subjects is in the 95% confidence interval of the t test and is in its upper limit; And it indicates that the urban health in the coastal city of Bushehr is in a good and suitable condition.
Keywords
health city
health city indicators
Bushehr

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  • Receive Date 03 August 2024
  • Accept Date 27 August 2024