Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

Spatial Analysis of Disability Status Case Study: Cities of Ardabil Province

Authors
alireza mohammadi 1
elahe pishgar 2
Leila hosseini 3
1 AssociateAssociate Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Department of Geography, University of Researcher Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 Ph.D. student , geography and urban planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran
3 Master of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
10.52547/jgs.22.66.57
Abstract
According to statistics, about 300,000 disabled people live in Iran. There are about 25,738 disabled people in Ardabil province. This calls for attention to macro-planning for the disabled. This planning involves cognitive and spatial analysis of the status of the disabled people in different parts of the country. The purpose of this study was to analyze more precisely the situation of the spatial dispersion of the disabled and their relationship with different regions of the cities of Ardabil to address further the problems of accessing urban services and creating better living conditions for people with disabilities. In the present study, indicators such as age, gender, the status of residence, type and severity of disability, marital status, education and employment were analyzed using spatial statistics analysis. Also, the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model has been used to measure the relationship between the extent of development and disability. Findings of the research show that there is no relationship between the extent of development and disability in Ardabil province. The number of disabled males is higher than that of the disabled females in all cities. Disabled people in Ardabil province are young and 91.55% of them are illiterate and close to 96.74% of them are facing unemployment problems. In almost all cities of Ardabil province (73.98), there are severe to very severe disabilities and there is no specific order among different cities in the province of Ardabil regarding the type of disability, and various disabilities have been dispersed in the province.
Keywords
Disability
Spatial analysis
GIS
Spatial Statistics
Ardabil province
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