Spatial distribution Patterns analysis of vandalism, and explanation its associated factors in Jiroft city

Shahbazi, Amirhamze; Shahbazi,, Alireza

doi:10.22103/JUSG.2021.2045

Spatial distribution Patterns analysis of vandalism, and explanation its associated factors in Jiroft city

Document Type : Research Article (Applied - Development)

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor of Geography & Urban Planning, university of sistan and baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.

² Assistant Professor of Natural Geography, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.

10.22103/JUSG.2021.2045

Abstract

Objective: The phenomenon of vandalism destroys urban equipment, public property and buildings, or citizens and urban landscapes. This research pursues three goals; that include: analysis of the extent and severity of vandalism in the city of Jiroft, analysis of the spatial distribution of vandalism and explanation of factors associated with vandalism.
Methods: This is an applied, descriptive-analytical, survey study with a sample size of 383 citizens aged 15 years and older in Jiroft. Which data was collected through two-stage random sampling and a research made questionnaire with 7 Likert options. Also, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-square, test, and cross-tabulated analytical models have been used.
Results: Based on the non-parametric "test" model, the prevalence and severity of vandalism in Jiroft is moderate. However, the spatial distribution of vandalism in the neighborhoods of Jiroft, based on the results of nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis model, is very heterogeneous and has very significant differences. Meanwhile, the supplementary test "Middle-Kruskal-Wallis test" revealed that the rate and severity of vandalism in the five districts of Jiroft, by the independent variable "social, economic and physical-spatial status" in each of the five areas can be It is prediction and explanation.
Conclusion: First, the prevalence of vandalism in Jiroft based on citizens' judgments is moderate (not severe). But the spatial distribution of the phenomenon of vandalism at the five district is significantly different. The results showed; in the five districts of Jiroft, the highest prevalence of vandalism is in the calroud area and then in the Behjerd area. The lowest incidence of vandalism is seen in Beheshti and then Raja'i district, although Golbahar districts was moderate. Subsequent tests showed that the status of social (components of education and health), economic (components of employment and economy) and physical-spatial (components of services and facilities and urban equipment) in each of the five areas of Jiroft, predicting the rate and severity of occurrence Vandalism is in these districts.

Keywords

20.1001.1.26457784.1400.8.2.2.7

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