Identifying Environmental Health and its Relationship with Spatial Disparities of Housing Price (Case Study: The City of Hashtpar in Guilan Province, Iran)

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Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22124/gscaj.2024.25120.1258

Abstract

Evaluating the health of the environment and its detailed analysis is one of the priorities that city managers should address because it can be very effective in spatial differences in the quality of the environment and housing prices. This article aimed to investigate the status of environmental health indicators and the impact of their spatial differences on housing prices in Hashtpar, a city in Guilan province with an area of about 1,378 hectares and a population of about 55,000 people. The data was collected through observation and survey. To collect the data from 14 components of environmental health, the area was divided into 34 parcels. In each parcel, the data was collected separately. The data with the UTM coordinates of the central point entered into the geographic information system to produce zoning maps using the Kriging tool. The spatial correlation coefficient was calculated by means of TerrSet Geospatial Monitoring and Modeling System software. Findings showed that moderate weather and permanent humidity, diverse and extensive animal life, modern agriculture, eco-tourism, poor waste management, and crossing a road through the middle of the city are the sources of threats to environmental health and consequently, human health. There is a positive correlation of 0.73 between 14 environmental health components and housing price. In the central parts of the city, the components revealed a more favorable situation than the fringes of the city, and housing prices are relatively higher in this part. Enjoyment from safe drinking water, exposed to pesticides, green space, and the beauty of the space are four components with better condition. The conditions of the natural environment and weakness in urban management have caused many weaknesses in the environment's health despite many blessings. Fixing these shortcomings requires careful planning and precise implementation.

Highlights

-  In the coastal areas of the Caspian Sea, due to the special weather conditions and nature, the environmental threats to human health are largely different from other cities in Iran.

- The spatial correlation value of +0.73 between the two variables of housing price and environmental health components indicates that the housing price in Hashtpar city depends to a large extent on the environmental health components.

- In the central part, which is the primary core and the old neighborhoods of the city, and where the rich old residents live, the price of housing is higher than in the new suburbs of the city.

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