Quantitative assessment of the positive effects of Covid-19 on changing the quality of life in Tehran

Introduction: The city as a living system and a dynamic structure has shown a flexible attitude to the challenges ahead and has been constantly trying to overcome the challenges and reproduce its elements to become efficient and usable in the future. In the face of the corona pandemic challenge, the city has acted in the same way, shown reciprocal behavior, and tried to overcome this crisis effectively. Therefore, city planners and managers must approach the city and its elements with a different perspective. The corona pandemic has changed cities' quality of life and environments. pepole prefer new living patterns, and some of the past structures have been discarded by them. For this purpose, after studying the literature review and the international experiences, the dimensions, factors, and practical indicators of the corona pandemic have been identified. Methodology: The present study is a descriptive-analytical type, and the desired findings have been explained through a questionnaire using quantitative and qualitative methods and confirmatory factor analysis tools. Results: The metropolis of Tehran had the highest positive impact in the physical-spatial dimension (4/59) and the lowest positive impact in the social dimension (3/03) in the Covid-19 pandemic. Conclusion: The results of the analysis indicate 14 effective indicators: lifestyle changes and health protocols, increased virtual socialization, reduced inequality between different groups of people in access to the internet, promotion, and expansion of digital tourism (virtual trips), starting development of Apps and start-ups, increasing small-scale commercial markets, upgrading medical equipment, increasing countries interaction in the field of health, the importance of planting trees, using public transportation, increasing public transportation capacity, designing more open and green spaces in the city, more attention to deprived areas and slums and redesign of public spaces based on the prevailing conditions will provide positive effects during the pandemic of Tehran. Therefore, suggestions have been made to improve and enhance the quality of life in metropolitan areas, especially during pandemics.