Identifying Factors Influencing the Formation and Growth of Informal Settlements in Mashhad (Case Study: Seyedi, Khajeh Rabi, Ghal'e Sakhteman, and Jaddeh Qadim Ghochan Areas)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Regional Sustainable Urban Development, Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Mashhad, Iran

2 M. Sc of Urban Planning, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This research examines the influencing factors in the formation and growth of informal settlements in Mashhad metropolis. The results of the factor analysis model showed that macro and local management factor with 20.9% of the total variance was the first determining factor in the formation and growth of informal settlements in Mashhad,. The results of the t-test showed that the indicators of the faster growth of the areas from the plan and plan, the weakness of urban management, the inefficiency of the government's plans and policies, unemployment and not having a suitable job (at the origin), obtaining job opportunities and more income (at the destination) and the cheapness of land and the low price of rent (at the destination) have been the most important influencing indicators in the formation and growth of informal settlements in Mashhad. In addition, the ownership sub-indices of Astan Quds Razavi and the lack of proper monitoring of land acquisition and occupation, proximity to workplaces and activities, the presence of villages with a high population and the possibility of integration and absorption in the region and the city, the presence of elements and projects that drive development, better access to Welfare facilities, religious and cultural attraction of Mashhad, migration of foreign nationals especially from Afghanistan, closeness to relatives and ethnic and cultural similarities and lack of suitable background for growth and development at the origin of residence were also identified as differentiating indicators in the formation and growth of informal study areas.

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