Journal of Rescue Relief

fa Evaluating Physical Resilience against Earthquakes in Informal Settlements in District 20 of Tehran Evaluating Physical Resilience against Earthquakes in Informal Settlements in District 20 of Tehran تاب آوری Resilience پژوهشي Research article <div> <div style="text-align: left;">INTRODUCTION: In order to increase the capacity to deal with earthquake hazards, increasing urban resilience has become a basic priority for most governments. Based on this, the current research was written with the aim of measuring the physical resilience of the peripheral part of the 20th district of Tehran against earthquakes. METHODS: The research method is applied in terms of purpose and analytical-exploratory in nature, which was used to analyze information using the AHP technique in Expert Choice software and the opinion of 25 experts. FINDINGS:  The findings showed that district 20 of Tehran city will face a serious crisis due to having many worn-out and marginalized structures, short-term residential units, old buildings, high population density, small area of residential land and narrow roads. CONCLUSION: According to the obtained results, about 47% of the fabric of district 20 is highly vulnerable to the earthquake crisis. Therefore, appropriate policymaking to manage earthquake crisis, especially in strengthening buildings and land use planning in this area, is an inevitable necessity.</div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">INTRODUCTION: In order to increase the capacity to deal with earthquake hazards, increasing urban resilience has become a basic priority for most governments. Based on this, the current research was written with the aim of measuring the physical resilience of the peripheral part of the 20th district of Tehran against earthquakes. METHODS: The research method is applied in terms of purpose and analytical-exploratory in nature, which was used to analyze information using the AHP technique in Expert Choice software and the opinion of 25 experts. FINDINGS:  The findings showed that district 20 of Tehran city will face a serious crisis due to having many worn-out and marginalized structures, short-term residential units, old buildings, high population density, small area of residential land and narrow roads. CONCLUSION: According to the obtained results, about 47% of the fabric of district 20 is highly vulnerable to the earthquake crisis. Therefore, appropriate policymaking to manage earthquake crisis, especially in strengthening buildings and land use planning in this area, is an inevitable necessity. </div> 20th district of Tehran, Earthquake, Informal settlements, Physical resilience, Vulnerability 20th district of Tehran, Earthquake, Informal settlements, Physical resilience, Vulnerability 281 290 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-804-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Ali Asgari علی عسگری alisgri65@gmail.com 100319475328460012836 0009-0001-8261-6030 No ¬PhD Student of Geography and Urban Planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamshahr Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی Azadeh Arbabi Sabzevari آزاده اربابی سبزواریی Az.Arbabi@iau.ac.ir 100319475328460012837 100319475328460012837 Yes Department Of Geography and Urban Planning, Islamshahr Branch Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی Fatemeh Adibi Sa'adinejad فاطمه ادیبی سعدی نژاد geo_adibi@yahoo.com 100319475328460012838 100319475328460012838 No Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamshahr Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی Hamidreza Joudki حمیدرضا جودکی joodaki@iau.ac.ir 100319475328460012839 100319475328460012839 No Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamshahr Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی Maryam Rostam Pisheh مریم رستم پیشه maryam.rostampisheh@iau.ac.ir 100319475328460012840 100319475328460012840 No Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Technical and Engineering Faculty, Islamshahr Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی