Background and objective Urban resilience is the most important debate in urban development. A resilient city is a city with ability to evaluate, plan and prepare for future natural or human-made disasters. This issue becomes more important when there is a variety of fabrics in a city, because special measures should be taken in terms of resilience according to the characteristics of each fabric. Also, there is a need to consider the opinions of residents in making the cities resilient. The present study aims to examine the differences in urban resilience of new, moderate and old fabrics in Qazvin, Iran and assess the relationship between reality (current situation) and perceptions (residents’ satisfaction) regarding the resilience of Qazvin City in Iran.
Method This is a descriptive-analytical study. To examine the difference in urban resilience of new, moderate and old fabrics, Kruskal-Wallis test was used. To measure the relationship between reality and perceptions, Pearson’s correlation test was used
Results In institutional, spatial, social and economic dimensions, except for some indicators, the new fabric had better conditions than moderate and old fabrics. There was a significant relationship between residents’ perceptions and reality regarding the resilience of Qazvin City.
Conclusion There is a significant difference in resilience of new, moderate and old fabrics of Qazvin City. Also, there is a significant relationship between perceptions and reality regarding the resilience of Qazvin City. The results of this study can be used by the municipality and other institutions in Qazvin related to crisis management.
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Special Received: 2023/09/30 | Accepted: 2023/11/19 | ePublished: 2023/12/21