چكيده به لاتين
Abstract
In recent decades, urbanization as one of the most prevalent and effective human activities, parallel with global climate change, transformed the natural characteristics of water cycle and interrupted it's efficient function through impeding ground from absorbing water along with increased impervious, concrete surfaces. These processes would ensue water eco-systems' quality diminution, augmented urban runoff, and impose destructive consequences to the urban form and ecology. In this study, the most important goal is to ensure urban water resources sustainable development in the case study (Babol city), thorough adopting water sensitive urban design approach, and is trying to find a clear and practical answer to the essensial question of "what criterions and indexes must be adopted in order to ensure hydrological and biological sustainability goals".
In this thesis, along with literature review and evaluating local and global implemented WSUD case studies, design criterions has been extracted. Henceforth, the conducted study in defined by electing Babol city in Mazandaran province, as one of the most rainy cities that encounters with hydrological system deficiency as a result of sustainable urban design principles' shortcomings. Thus, in locating section 5 districts was selected amidst 94 districts available via Goeller Matrix; then and in the location choice criterions' framework, Amir-kabir district gained the most suitable place preferences for implementing WSUD via TOPSIS method. In this process, Amir-Kabir local street acquired WSUD principle priority due to presenting the central core of district's productivity, sustainability, living qualities and community nexus. Cognition stage was accomplished through 3 method of (1) expertise, fulfilled by the researcher, (2) collaborative, fulfilled by interviewing place users and finally (3) Exploratory Factor Analysis and completing 300 questionnaires. Afterward, action priority in each criterion and index was detected via developing a Regression Model and the water sensitive urban design framework and guideline in local street of Amir-kabir was presented.
Key Words: water sensitive urban design, urban water cycle, urban natural ecosystems, exploratory factor analysis.
