International Journal in IT & Engineering
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 11

Assessment sustainability of old tissue city of zanjan against the earthquake

  • Author:
  • Rabieifar Valiollah1,, Jabbari Esmaeil2, Salehi Rahman3, Koohgard Kamal4, Nabaei Saba5, Zolfaghari Zhila6
  • Total Page Count: 30
  • Page Number: 33 to 62

1PH.D Student, Department of urbanism, Islamic Art University of Tabriz, and Teacher of elmi-karbordi Jaame University, Iran

2MSc, Department of Urban Management, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran

3MSc, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Iran

4MSc, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of olom and tahghighat of Tehran, Iran

5MSc, Department of Urban Planning, Art University of Tehran, Iran

6BSc Student, Department of Physics, University of Zanjan, Iran

*Corresponding author

Online published on 22 April, 2015.

Abstract

Studies show that in average per decade, Richter 7 earthquake that occurs with high power However, in cities of over 2.8 million units of homes is instable and are not resistant earthquake. The aim of the present paper, the measurement and analysis of the stability of the old zanjan sampling frame against earthquake by using at AHP is in a GIS environment. The research method is descriptive -analytical and kind of research is Functional and approach to be both quantitative and qualitative. Findings from the study show that 16.34 percent of the region's instability, 21.45% of the area has a mediocre stability and 62.21% of the faces with the stability conditions of an area are poor and unstable.

Keywords

Assessment, physical stability, earthquake, Zanjan