Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 ferdowsi university of mashhad
Abstract
The study tries to measure the stress experienced the acquired and non-acquired characteristics of the citizens in the 10th district of Mashhad and also to show whether the residence history can make a person more flexible in facing the stressful elements of the environment. The study is of a descriptive-analytical type, which by examining relevant sources and developing a conceptual model, categorized the stressful elements of the urban environment into three categories. The results showed that the environmental elements caused a higher level of stress among married people (compared to single people), women (compared to men), elderly people (compared to young people), and more educated people (compared to less educated people). On the other hand, the examination of residence history also showed that with its increase, the level of stress experienced by people from the urban environment decreases, which has the greatest effect on the elderly and people with a higher level of education. Additional findings determined that the stress experienced by people from one environment spreads to other environments as well. Therefore, the comfort level of a person from the residential environment can play an important role in his feeling about the surrounding environment. Finally, paying attention to human scales and trying to give importance to the structure of the neighborhood in the framework of the geographical space can play an important role in the flexibility of people in facing environmental stressors.
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