Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Geography and Urban Planning, Planning and Environmental Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
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Geography and Urban Planning, of Planning and Environmental Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
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Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Planning and Environmental Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
The present research is conducted to analyze obstacles and challenges of achieving sustainable urban transport in Tabriz metropolitan area. that paradigmatic bases, based on the pragmatism approach, in terms of purpose, is applied, and in terms of nature and method, is an analytical-descriptive one. Data were collected using a combination method. The quantitative data were collected from a researcher-made questionnaire (100 people) and qualitative research data by exploratory interview and semi-structured interview with some of the managers and related experts (29 people) Were collected. The qualitative results of the research showed that the level development of the country and the political economy of the urban space production as the Context, Weakness of urban land use system, weakness of approach and coordination of urban development plans and comprehensive transportation plan, infrastructure weakness of sustainable transport patterns as the Casual Conditions, Weakness structure of institutional and decision making, financial and economic barriers, cultural challenges and social developments, weakness of education and electronic communications, and weakness of regulations and standards as the Intervening Conditions, has shaped Grounded Theory challenges of achieving sustainable urban transport in Tabriz Metropolis. Also, the results the Goodness of Fit assessment from the structural model show that the proposed model is compatible with the qualitative results at the desired level. As the inherent contradiction between the economic, environmental and social objectives of urban transport, the structural problem of the Iranian economy and the dependence on oil and its impact on urban development and urban transport, the monopolistic and inefficient policies of automobile companies and government support, the lack of coordination Urban transport subsystems, the lack of an integrated approach to urban transport, lack of integration of land use schemes and urban transport systems, the lack of acceptance of sustainable urban transport measures by the public, most important challenges .
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