Mohammadmahdi Sharifinia; mohammad hosseinpour; ali soltaani
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Social interactions are a significant indicator of citizens' quality of life, health, well-being, and happiness, and their social satisfaction leads to life satisfaction. Currently, it is believed that the level of social interactions in cities has decreased in recent years, and this issue has negatively ...
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Social interactions are a significant indicator of citizens' quality of life, health, well-being, and happiness, and their social satisfaction leads to life satisfaction. Currently, it is believed that the level of social interactions in cities has decreased in recent years, and this issue has negatively affected the physical and mental health of citizens. Therefore, urban planners and designers are compelled to provide solutions to improve this situation. On the other hand, the physical structure of cities acts as a platform for social activities and has a direct relationship with the social life of citizens. In line with the mentioned factors, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between the physical and spatial structure of the city and the level of social interactions among its residents. In this research, indicators have been used to evaluate the two main criteria: the physical structure of urban neighborhoods and social interactions. ArcGIS Pro software analyzes the physical structure of neighborhoods based on density, land-use mix, access to essential services, and access to public transportation stations. To measure the level of social interaction among residents, questionnaires were collected and analyzed using SPSS software, and finally, the relationship between these two criteria and their impact on each other was examined. The results of these analyses and the investigations conducted on the considered indicators show a positive correlation between social interactions and the indicators of density and access to public transportation, and no significant correlation with other indicators of the physical structure
rostam saberifar
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The present study has evaluated the important factors of environmental quality differences in residential areas of Mashhad with regard to social conditions and environmental disturbances by descriptive and analytical methods. Data were collected from a sample of 384 participants using a researcher-made ...
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The present study has evaluated the important factors of environmental quality differences in residential areas of Mashhad with regard to social conditions and environmental disturbances by descriptive and analytical methods. Data were collected from a sample of 384 participants using a researcher-made questionnaire. For this study, data on environmental conditions, disturbances, and social interactions were collected. The collected data were analyzed using various statistics, especially Chi-square test and generalized logistic regression in SPSS software. The results showed that traffic-induced pollution in neighborhoods has a high prevalence and other pollutants, depending on the type, are often point-based and each area has its own conditions. In determining the levels of spot pollution, underlying factors such as length of stay in the city, education, age and socio-economic status were decisive. So, that people with a better history of residence and socioeconomic status expressed dissatisfaction more than others regarding the severity of pollution, especially in relation to environmental dimensions (2.3-21.3), tensions (3.6-4.4), and social anomalies (2.0-4.4). Given the differences in the level of damages received by residents, how to intervene is fundamentally challenging. Under these circumstances, planning and solving environmental problems is easily possible, but controlling different sensitivities is extremely difficult.
Mohamad Salavarzi zadeh Salavarzi zadeh; Hojat Sheikhi; Zaynab Shekari
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As an interface between the city and citizens, urban neighborhoods have formerly played a major role in shaping and organizing urban activities over the time. They also were encouraging the feelings of belongings, identity, and social relations among their residents by providing the required daily services. ...
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As an interface between the city and citizens, urban neighborhoods have formerly played a major role in shaping and organizing urban activities over the time. They also were encouraging the feelings of belongings, identity, and social relations among their residents by providing the required daily services. However, such neighborhoods don’t play any important roles in various urban plans and programs nowadays. Meanwhile, the idea of sustainable development at neighborhood level is recently emerging among urban planner circles again. Returning to the urban neighborhood solution is considered as a viewpoint that addresses the current problems of cities and urban life. It seeks possible ways to solve the problems using the powerful internal forces and existing social capitals. The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of social capital and its components in neighborhood sustainable development of Illam city. The applied method is analytical-descriptive. Documentary methods are used to complete the theoretical and literature reviews of the study. Field methods and questionnaires are used to accomplish the other parts of the research. The sample includes all the residents of 14 districts of Illam city among them, 383 persons were selected by Cochran formula to complete the questionnaires based on a Cluster sampling. The validity of questionnaire was confirmed by a formal way and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha (0.871). To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) as well as inferential statistics (correlation and multiple regressions) were carried out. The findings revealed that variables of normalization, civil participation and social solidarity have a positive and meaningful effect. But the variables of linking to social networking and social security have a reverse effect and the variable of social trust has no effects on neighborhood sustainable development in Illam city.
