Sustainable Earth Trends

Sustainable Earth Trends

Analyzing the Capacities of Ahvaz City in Order to Become a Biophilic City

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors
Saeed Maleki
Noora Abyat
Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
10.48308/set.2025.240490.1133
Abstract
Architects and planners' concern is to decrease the impact of urbanization on the natural environment and increase human-nature relationships. A biophilic city is a city full of nature, a place where, in the normal course of work and life, residents feel, see, and experience rich nature. The present study aims to analyze the capabilities of Ahvaz city to determine how far this city is from becoming a biophilic city. The current research is descriptive-analytical and applied regarding content and methodology. The statistical population of the research consists of geography and urban planning experts. The result of their viewpoint was the basis of the research analysis. The Entropy and WASPAS methods were used for data analysis. Eventually, the IDW interpolation method has been utilized to display the biophilic city index conditions in the Ahvaz region. The research results found that region 2 has the best quality of biophilic indicators compared to other regions. Region 3 of Ahvaz ranked next with an extremely negligible difference. The region that has given the lowest rank is region 7. The results of the research showed that the majority of the regions of Ahvaz city have a significant weakness in the biophilic city indicators due to climate conditions. Nevertheless, Ahvaz can become a biophilic city due to its river "Karoun", plus the appealing and diverse plant species. However, it requires related groundwork to diminish the impact of the city's climatic features as much as feasible.
Keywords
Ahvaz
Biophilic city
IDW
Waspas
Subjects
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