Investigating the Impact of Urban Regeneration on the Environmental Sustainability of Neighborhoods (Case Study: Nezamabad Neighborhood, Tehran)

Document Type : Research

Authors

Shaghayegh Parhizgar ¹

Samaneh Jalilisadrabad ²

Saharsadat Beheshti Shirazi ³

¹ M.A. Student in Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

³ M.A. Student in Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jgrd.2025.75945.1128

Abstract

With the rapid growth of cities in recent years, various issues and challenges have emerged at the urban scale. These problems have affected all aspects of urban life, with some disrupting human well-being, thereby necessitating planning interventions aimed at improving existing conditions and enhancing citizens’ quality of life. One of the significant challenges facing cities is the presence of old and deteriorated urban areas in need of regeneration. Such areas have themselves become a source of countless urban problems across economic, social, physical, and environmental dimensions, thereby contributing to unsustainability in cities. In this study, neighborhood-level sustainable development is adopted as the guiding framework. The application of sustainable development principles and their integration with the urban regeneration approach can be regarded as an appropriate strategy for addressing conflicts and challenges in old and distressed urban areas. Accordingly, this applied study employs questionnaire and field observation methods to investigate Nezamabad Neighborhood. To analyze the questionnaire data, exploratory factor analysis and linear and nonlinear regression analyses were used to explore the relationships between sustainable development factors and the dimensions of urban regeneration using SPSS statistical software. The findings suggest that the application of urban regeneration principles could contribute to achieving sustainability in the old, organically developed urban fabric of Nezamabad Neighborhood, with the economic dimension accounting for 41.1% of the variance, the physical dimension for 55.23%, the social dimension for 72.58%, and the environmental dimension for 49.98%. Accordingly, the implementation of urban regeneration principles can contribute to improving the sustainability and livability of this neighborhood. Finally, strategies and recommendations are proposed to help achieve the objectives of the study.

Keywords

Sustainable Development

Urban Regeneration

Distressed Urban Fabric

Nezamabad Neighborhood

Subjects

• Sustainable development and environmental sustainability

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