The Factors Affecting the Location of Medical Centers in Tehran City Case Study: District 1 of Tehran Municipality

Morteza  Najafi; Danial  Edalat khah; Mohammad Reza Asadi Yeganeh

doi:10.15649/2346075X.767

Autores/as

Morteza Najafi Postgraduate student, urban planning, faculty of art, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
Danial Edalat khah Postgraduate student, urban planning, Islamic Azad University, Pardis branch, Tehran
Mohammad Reza Asadi Yeganeh Postgraduate student, regional planning, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran branch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15649/2346075X.767

Palabras clave:

Medical centers, geographical information system (GIS), location, District 1 of Tehran Municipality

Resumen

The historical growth of cities due to the rapid increase of population led to the increased land price in cities and caused problems to the
appropriate distribution system as well as the allocation of suitable spaces to some fundamental services like medical centers. Supplying
health for all people in every society is one of the basic human rights which should be regarded by governments. The imbalance
in fundamental services such as medical care and its imbalanced distribution system cause major challenges expressing themselves
in different economic and skeletal dimensions. In this study which aimed at determining the factors affecting the location of medical
centers, first the main variables and indicators affecting the location of such centers were extracted and then ranked using the hierarchical
questionnaire by some relevant experts. After ranking the obtained indicators using the hierarchical method to examine the medical
centers at district 1 of Tehran and investigating the balance and proportion of medical centers, the location of medical centers
in district 1 were examined using the geographical information system by hierarchical model. The obtained results indicated that
the northeast and east areas of district 1 in Tehran had faced major challenges in terms of the access to medical centers and a specified
area in the geographical information system indicated this challenge in the north and northeast areas. The selected point by geographical
information system were the areas in this district.

Biografía del autor/a

Morteza Najafi, Postgraduate student, urban planning, faculty of art, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

Postgraduate student, urban planning, faculty of art, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

Danial Edalat khah, Postgraduate student, urban planning, Islamic Azad University, Pardis branch, Tehran

Postgraduate student, urban planning, Islamic Azad University, Pardis branch, Tehran

Mohammad Reza Asadi Yeganeh, Postgraduate student, regional planning, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran branch

Postgraduate student, regional planning, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran branch

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