Ghetto and its social impact considering urban services and applications: the case study of Yazd city Noshahr Mehri Heidari¶,¶, Nazaryan Asghar£, Noshahr Nir Heidari€ ¶ £Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University. €School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tehran - Islamic Azad University. Address for correspondence: E-mail: ¶mp.heidari@yahoo.com.
Abstract The characteristics of Third World urbanization is inharmonious and inequality. Significant proliferation of the wealth and on the other hand, minorities who live in poverty are considered as frustrations in urban policy. Ghetto results from inharmonious development and malfunctions of urban system. Urban applications influence social and economic classification, and when settlers in ghetto feel that they are unable to improve their social and economic situation, it causes a deprivation for them and forces them to commit offenses. This study investigated the causes shaping ghettos in the city of Yazd in terms of the indices of education, health, culture, business, sport, green space and social reflections from it. With regard to the coefficient of functions and urban services in ghettos and nearby, it is inferred that above mentioned factors affect forming ghettos and there is a relationship between ghetto and underdevelopment. Based on linear regression, there is also a significant relationship between ghettos and unfair distribution of services and underdevelopment. In addition, the results from the cluster model suggest that the settling in a neighborhood, besides lack of services and functions, other factors were also considered. The other finding of this study has been about social impact of ghettos. Based on the finding, the relatively low-income unemployed people commit more crimes and there is no significant relationship between immigration and social offenses. Top Keywords scattering atmosphere, ghetto, urban service, social crimes, the city of Yazd. Top |