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Table 1 Indicators to determine nonfunctional neighborhoods in the cities
From: Renovation programs in old and inefficient neighborhoods of cities with case studies
Group name | Name of the indicator |
|---|---|
Geology | ✓ The building is on a slippery and steep land with potential for subsidence ✓ The building is on the bed of a watershed or river |
Interior Standards of the Buildings | ✓ The building is very old and abandoned ✓ Buildings and blocks do not have light, clean water, washroom, and sewage ✓ The per capita housing is not enough and it is uncomfortable and safe |
Standards of outside the buildings | ✓ The building is built on illegal land, windows of the building are blocked from outside, and the building exit door is less than 90 cm wide ✓ The width of the street where the building is located is less than 6 m without play-space for children, street furniture, and space for relief and rescue when sudden incidents happen ✓ Distorting of power cables, dangerous distribution of gas and its storage and use without fire stations |
Infrastructure and urban amenities | ✓ The street grid of the urban district does not contain at least 30% of the urban lands, which is not for the disabled and elderly ✓ There was no standard sidewalk for pedestrians or cycling lines ✓ No access to safe electricity, wastewater collection, internet, water supply, and gas networks |
Urban land use policies | ✓ The population density is more than 150 people per hectare of urban land withcombined land-use for homes and workshops and noise pollution ✓ The ratio of building coverage is more than legally permissible and more than 50% lands of any property. The building site and its yard are too small ✓ There are no spaces for culture, sport, snd leisure |
The urban environment | ✓ The urban neighborhood is located in a zone with severe pollution caused by storms, materials, traffic, etc ✓ Reduced or eliminated urban green space, flora and fauna are not existing due to poorly managed population density |
Socioeconomic issues | ✓ The people of the neighborhoods have not integrated into the urban economy without adequate job opportunities ✓ People in the neighborhood have not equal access to education, health, and medical treatment services |
Urban aesthete | ✓ Lack of harmony in the construction, unfair use of urban lands, ugly views in the neighborhoods and ugly colors on the exterior walls of buildings ✓ The architectural and building attractions are not designed to fit the characteristics of the city without harmony and regulation at the height of buildings |