Proposing a Model for the Formation of Child-friendly Cities Case study: Mashhad metropolis

Document Type : Research Paper

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Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

10.22111/gdij.2024.46933.3585

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The existing empirical background shows that despite the important and fundamental efforts that have been made for the formation of child-friendly cities, the practical results have been few. In fact, few cities in Iran and even the world can claim to have achieved such a goal. One of the main reasons for this failure is the lack of attention to all the important and basic dimensions needed in the formation of child-friendly cities. For this purpose, the present study was carried out to propose a model to achieve child-friendly cities in Mashhad. The research method was descriptive and analytical and its purpose was practical. The required data was collected using a questionnaire whose validity and reliability had been confirmed. The selected sample was 90 experts in the fields of urban planning, social sciences and psychology. The collected data were analyzed using inferential statistics, especially exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The findings showed that for the formation of a child-friendly city, three dimensions, political, physical environment and child's rights, have 0.88, 0.87 and 0.80 respectively. Therefore, if this prioritization is not taken into consideration, it will be impossible to access child-friendly cities. However, what has been done in practice so far has only focused on the physical dimension.

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