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.
Keramatilah Ziyari; Melika Nezami; Ahmad Pourahmad
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Third places become one of the places of their lives by creating social equality by leveling the environmental conditions and creating a popular atmosphere, creating common habits and offering psychological support to individuals. The purpose of this study was to explain the concept of the formation ...
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Third places become one of the places of their lives by creating social equality by leveling the environmental conditions and creating a popular atmosphere, creating common habits and offering psychological support to individuals. The purpose of this study was to explain the concept of the formation of the third place in the form of urban open-air cafes and the importance of socialization in the urban fabric. The present study is analytical-descriptive and in terms of aim is evaluative and ultimately applied. The method of data collection is library and survey. In In the present study, after explaining the conceptual framework and using research tools including observation and presence, first a number of questionnaires with a number of specific items, researcher-made in the form of Likert spectrum according to the average population of Tehran Region 2, and to evaluate some of them. The variables were distributed by simple and non-probabilistic random sampling method and analyzed using SPSS software. According to these findings, the studied cafes have a situation in cases where variables such as social interactions in their three forms in the first place and also the qualities of aesthetics, flexibility of space, access and services in the second place have received high scores. It was more appropriate and also when variables such as dynamics, activity and comfort were moderate, variables such as climate and protection had the greatest impact.
