Modeling the Impact of Urban Public Spaces on Social Capital (Case of Study: Residents of District 2 of Tehran)
Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological ReviewMehdi Mokhtarpour 1 , Farzaneh Mohammadi 2
1 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
Keywords: urban public spaces, social capital, sociability, accessibility, attractiveness,
Abstract :
On the threshold of the third millennium, urban public spaces have received serious attention as the third place that plays a fundamental role in establishing social interactions. Spaces that create the necessary context and background for social security, social participation, and social bonds. This increases social capital and sustainable development of countries. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of urban public spaces on social capital. the information collected from the descriptive method and theoretical foundations, an attempt has been made to make the various aspects of the information obtained meaningful using the survey method. The statistical population of this study is the citizens living in District 2 of Tehran with a population of approximately 632,917 people according to the 2016 Population and Housing Census, and the sample size was 385 people selected using the Cochran formula. In this study, urban public spaces were measured with four variables: sociability, accessibility, attractiveness, and comfort, and social capital was also measured with four variables: trust, informal social ties, generosity, and volunteer spirit and participation. The results obtained from this study show that the amount of social capital of citizens is strongly affected by the conditions of urban public spaces. In a way, the more sociability, accessibility, attractiveness, and comfort in urban public spaces, the more social capital of citizens increases. However, among the indicators of urban public spaces, sociability has the greatest impact and attractiveness has the least impact on citizens' social capital.
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