Role of Green Spaces in Promotion of the Sense of Belonging to the Place in Residential Complexes of Qom

Subject Areas : Built Environment

Mohammad Taghi Rasfijani ¹ , Fariba Alborzi ² , Amirhossein Amini ³

1 - Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.
3 - Department of Architecture, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

Received: 2023-09-03 Accepted : 2023-12-12 Published : 2024-06-09

Keywords: Green Space Factors, residential complex, Sense of Belonging to a Place,

Abstract :

The correlation between urban green space and sense of belonging has been investigated in researches; However, few scholars have mentioned the relationship between the designable physical components of vegetation and the sense of belonging. This study investigates a relationship between three physical parameters of green space - "visual density," "weighted height of vegetation," and "per capita ratio of green space to an open common area of the complex" - and a resident's sense of belonging through five subjective and objective independent variables - transparency," "proportion and scale," "physical and visual diversity," "flexibility" and "privacy and Enclosure " - in four residential complexes in the city of Qom - the center of Iran. Data were extracted from a survey study (n=320), documents, and written sources. it was analyzed using second-order confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical linear regression. Based on the research literature review and identified gaps, a conceptual model was presented to explain the factors contributing to promoting a sense of place through greening in residents. In the results, a level of a perceived sense of belonging of the residents of the samples in the central courtyard was observed to be higher than in the scattered courtyard. Also, a positive correlation was observed between the psychological and physical components of the green space with the feeling of belonging to a place. The findings showed that among the psychological components, the "transparency," and among the physical components, the "Per-Capita Green Area" had the most positive effect on the resident's sense of belonging

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