Explaining the relationship between the components of the quality of urban space and vitality by using the structural equation model case example: Maali Abad Street located in District 6f Shiraz Municipality
farhad omidvar
1
(Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran)
Esmaeil Shieh
2
(دانشیار گروه شهرسازی، دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران، دانشکده معماری و شهرسازی، گروه شهرسازی.)
Atefeh Dehghan touranposhti
3
(Assistant Professor i, West Tehran branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Keyword:", urban vitality, Behavior setting, structural equation model ", ,
Abstract :
Explaining the relationship between the components of the quality of urban space and vitality by using the structural equation model (case study: Maali Abad Street located in District 6 Shiraz Municipality) According to Simmel, the city is a sociological reality that has acquired spatial limits, and the reason for the development of cities is to meet the basic needs of coexistence and social interaction. without vitality, our cities today will be only a biological complex. Responding to the social needs of human beings and creating the necessary opportunities for living requires the presence of space and behavioral setting. with this point of view, the city and urban spaces become an inclusive concept. By spending a short time in the public spaces of today's cities, especially Shiraz, we see that the cities have lost their sense of invitation. A glance at the public spaces of today's cities, especially Shiraz, shows that cities have lost their sense of invitation. Streets, as places where social interactions and urban vibrancy reach their maximum quantity and quality, have become only a space for cars. the aim of the current research is to explain the relationship between the constituent components of urban space quality and vitality with regard to the mediation of behavioral setting. The studied area is Maali Abad Street located in District 6 of Shiraz Municipality. The reasons for choosing Maali Abad Street as a research sample can be explained by the attractiveness of shopping, Strong business context, a significant presence of people, The presence of various commercial, cultural and administrative uses in the street, The existence of strong elements and connections at the beginning and end of the street, many food shops along the sidewalks of the street, High volume of activities at different hours of the day and night, Density of commercial activities and expressed the predominance of the functional role over the access role of this street. By adopting a Deductive approach, this study tries to explain the causal relationships between the selected variables. In this study, a survey strategy was used to collect data. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for data analysis, Hypothesis testing, and research model evaluation. Since variance-based structural equation modeling is used for complex models, it does not have a limit on the sample size and is not sensitive to the non-normality of the distribution, we used it in the present study. Using Cochran's formula, a sample size of 400 people was selected. Data were analyzed using Smart PLS software. The results indicate that the environmental, socio-cultural and behavioral setting, considering their interrelation, explain component along with the behavioral setting explains 46.5% of the variance of the socio-cultural component. This means that the improvement in the environmental component leads to the improvement in the social-cultural and behavioral setting, and for these two components, it will increase the vitality in Ma'ali Abad Street. As Jacobs has stated, the principle of diversity of activity in a region and the volume of human flow agree as a suitable representative for urban vitality.
