Evaluating Residential Satisfaction & Location Utility in Iranian Planned Urban Areas
Subject Areas : urbanism
1 - Associate Professor, TarbiatModares University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Helicobacter, Stray dogs, Stomach, Mashhad,
Abstract :
Community satisfaction has often been linked to the level of satisfaction with a community’s infrastructure, job opportunities and social support networks. Apart from concern over population decline, there is another important reason for wanting to have a better understanding of what factors influence “community satisfaction.” Community development practitioners, community leaders, and other local stakeholders see “community cohesion”, “a strong sense of community” and similar concepts as having both intrinsic and instrumental value associated with their work and responsibilities. Yet, most empirical analyses of community and residential satisfaction have focused on only one aspect of the available theory to predict the satisfaction of individuals. However there are some similarities in those definitions which stems from this notion that there is a core in all of those interpretations. Those cores need to be portrayed clearly to make this concept more understandable in multidisciplinary activities. Residential satisfaction reflects the degree to which individuals’ housing needs are fulfilled. RS is a subjective dependent variable which depends on many physical and social parameters. However, the propriety of those parameters could vary for different people with different social cultural and professional back grounds. Housing is a mixed used element that satisfies several needs. The failures of many housing projects stems from lack of knowledge on the determinants of Residential Satisfaction (RS) concept. Results of most studies indicate that housing satisfaction is affected by an array of individual, housing and neighborhood attributes. Nonetheless it’s also important to take into account the effect of social interactions. RS has been an important factor for policy makers during the preparation of their guide line of housing construction for the variety of people. RS for policy makers means that the habitants and resedents needs have been met and that they are happy in their dwelling unit. Residential Satisfaction and its effective relationship with Quality of Life are of those concepts into consideration in recent decades. Not recognizing RS in designing projects leads to a severe problems. These problems includes projects do not satisfy the occupant’s needs, in terms of comfort, social, cultural and religious needs. Consequently, it influences the quality of life and affects the psychosocial aspects of the inhabitants. This study has aimed to investigate the residential satisfaction of Mehrshahr, which had once been consisted of low-rise single house units, settling high-income residents and in recent years has modified to a composite dense structure. So assessing changes occurred in this region is the main point of the study. To achieve this goal,after research several attributes in subjective and objective dimensions were evaluated, applying several regression analysis and a model attributed to Amerigo and Aragones in 1997. Previous models in community satisfaction have included many different categories of variables, but no model has yet incorporated all of them simultaneously. The data were collected through field inquiry and the results indicate low residential satisfaction(below average) in this region, which regarding their length of residents, with significant percentage dwelling less than 10 years, infer the lack of sense of place among individuals.
