Investigating the Role of Green Economy on Urban Poverty Reduction (Case Study: Mashhad)

Document Type : Research Article (Applied - Development)

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 2- Ph.D. Student, Department of Human Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 3- Ph.D. Student, Department of Human Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran and Visiting Scholar, Department of Architecture, Bologna University, Italy.

Abstract

Introduction: The green economy is one of the most important manifestations of the integration of economic, social, and environmental dimensions, and without it, sustainable development will not be achieved. The purpose of this article is to identify the components and constructive indicators of the green economy in conjunction with the reduction of urban poverty in Mashhad.
Data and Method: This research, in terms of method, is apart from quantitative-qualitative research, in terms of purpose, it is apart from applied research, and in terms of nature, it is among descriptive and analytical research. In the first step, by using the information of the statistical blocks of the Statistics Center for the city of Mashhad in 2016, it has been done to identify urban poverty areas using spatial analysis in the GIS software environment. Then, in the identified poverty areas, the effect of green economy indicators on reducing urban poverty was investigated and analyzed using Pearson's correlation tests and regression of the indicators.
Results: The findings of this analysis show that the components of the green economy including access to resources, human capital, economic structure, green management, green investment, green jobs, and green transportation significantly explain the urban poverty of Mashhad, which amount It is equal to 87.3 percent.
Conclusion: Considering that the components of the green economy significantly explain the urban poverty of Mashhad, necessary planning should be done in this case.In this research, solutions based on the green economy have been presented in order to reduce poverty in the poor areas of Mashhad city.

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Journal of Urban Social Geography
Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 21
September 2022
Pages 257-274

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  • Receive Date: 16 March 2022
  • Revise Date: 25 April 2022
  • Accept Date: 17 September 2022

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