Urban and Regional Development Planning
Hassan Hoveizavi; Hamid Saberi; Mehri Azani; Fereshte Ahmadi
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Third places, as one of the most obvious arenas of identity,culture, and civilization, are a suitable platform for finding a comprehensive view of the quality of urban environments and citizens' quality of life. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of urban third places in the environmental ...
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Third places, as one of the most obvious arenas of identity,culture, and civilization, are a suitable platform for finding a comprehensive view of the quality of urban environments and citizens' quality of life. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of urban third places in the environmental quality of Ahvaz City.This research was conducted with a quantitative approach, using a survey method and relying on library-documentary studies in 1402 in Ahvaz City. The statistical population is all the citizens of Ahwazi (885,000 people) in 2015, which were evaluated using Cochran's formula of 390 people as a sample size and randomly using a researcher-made questionnaire. ANOVA tests, regression analysis, one-sample t-tests, path analysis, etc. were used to analyze the data. The findings show that all 10 investigated indicators were higher than the base average(3). It was also determined in the regression model that the predictor variables explain(R2=0.741) the variance of the criterion variable(environmental quality).And region6(average 4.08) was superior to the other 8 regions of Ahvaz in terms of environmental quality. The results showed; The quality of the environment and the level of satisfaction of the citizens of Ahvazi with the third places of the city, according to the local culture of the residents of this city, has a close relationship with the state of the third places of this city(with a factor load of 0.722). As environmental quality decreases due to various factors; It can affect many third places of this city as turning points of human societies.
Hasan Ahmadi; Mehrdad Mehrjou
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The feeling of security is one of the most important factors in the quality of the pedestrian environment. It is a city that is also effective in the presence of citizens. For this reason, security should be visible in the presence and supervision of active age and sexual groups of people in urban spaces. ...
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The feeling of security is one of the most important factors in the quality of the pedestrian environment. It is a city that is also effective in the presence of citizens. For this reason, security should be visible in the presence and supervision of active age and sexual groups of people in urban spaces. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of environmental quality components of urban space on citizens' sense of security and achieve a regular framework of factors affecting it. In order to achieve this goal, the research method is applied and in terms of how to collect information, descriptive and survey. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size and the sample size of 365 people was calculated. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were calculated by Cronbach's alphabet 0.853. Findings of the study show that there is a direct, positive and significant relationship between the components of environmental quality of urban space and the components of citizens' sense of security on the central sidewalk of Hamadan. In total, the environmental quality components of the urban space have a 76% effect on the citizens' sense of security on the central sidewalk of Hamadan. The results of correlations and regression path analysis are consistent with the theoretical approach of the research and confirm the research hypothesis. In fact, in urban spaces such as the central sidewalk of the city of Hamadan, social participation and social monitoring on the central sidewalk of the city of Hamadan are connected and connected as a chain.
