An Analysis of the Distribution of Public Services from the Spatial Justice Perspective in Ahvaz

Authors

• Saeid Amanpour
• Saeed Maleki
• Nabiollah Hosseini Shahparian

Abstract

     Social justice refers to the fair distribution of resources when people can equally access to them. While the unfair distribution results in social crisis and complex spatial problems, the fair distribution leads to the balanced development of urban areas. Therefore, the principled and optimal distribution of facilities and resources is the great significance in urban planning. The aim of this applied research is to investigate the distribution of public services from the spatial justice perspective in 7’s zone of Ahvaz. In the present study, the researcher employed a descriptive-analytic approach and data were collected via library and documentary research from 14 determinative indices of public services. Based on the experts’ points of view, the researcher prioritized indices in the FUZZY model. FTOPSIS and VIKOR models were used for ranking different regions in terms of their use of public services. Afterwards, the researcher employed the triangulation study to obtain a unified result from the data that had been analyzed in different models (i.e., FUZZY, FTOPSIS and VIKOR). The results revealed that public services were widely accessible to the areas of 3 and 4; however, the areas of 6 and 7 had been determined to have the less access to them. The findings also suggest that indicators such as religious, athletic and trainingin in areas are more balanced than the other indicators.

Keywords

• spatial justice
• Public services
• Triangulation study
• Ahvaz

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