Document Type : Research Paper
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2 Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
3 , Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Iran
Abstract
Social interactions are an important indicator for measuring the quality of life, health, well-being and happiness of citizens and their social satisfaction also leads to life satisfaction. It is now believed that the rate of social interaction in cities has decreased in recent years, and this issue has negatively affected the physical and mental health of citizens,so it forces urban planners and designers to provide solutions. On the other hand, these are the physical structure of cities, which acts as a platform for social activities and is directly related to the social life of citizens. Recent researches has also shown the undeniable role of neighborhoods in the social interactions of their residents. In the present study, the two main criteria of the physical structure of urban neighborhoods and social interactions are evaluated by indicators. The physical structure of neighborhoods is examined by density, land use mix, access to main services and access to public transport stations by GIS pro software. In order to assess the level of social interactions among residents, questionnaires were collected from them and analyzed by SPSS software, and finally the relationship between these two criteria and their impact on each other are examined.
The results of these analyzes and a study of the indicators show a positive correlation between social interactions with the indicators of density and access to public transportation and do not have a significant correlation with other indicators of physical structure.
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