Sense of Belonging to Neighborhood and its Role in Social Participation (Case study: Tehran, Armenians enclave, A)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

zahra arabi ¹ , samira tavosi ² , Somayyeh Sadat Muosavi ³

1 - Assistant Professor Geography Department, Payam-e Nur University,Tehran
2 - researchers
3 - researchers

Received: 2017-02-02 Accepted : 2017-08-28 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Tehran Armenians enclave, sense of belonging to neighborhood, participation,

Abstract :

Sense of belonging of people to a neighborhood and their sense of influence on social setting in which they live increase the extent of participation. With increase of sense of belonging to place in people and subsequently their participation, implementing various socioeconomic plans would be of significant success in local societies and this improves level of quality of people life. This paper is descriptive-analytical in nature and is practical in terms of objective. Its statistical population is consisted of 120 people of inhabitant of Armenians neighborhood A, zone 5 of district 7 of Tehran Municipality that are selected through cluster sampling randomly. Data are collected in field and library method and they are analyzed by SPSS software and Kolmogorov-Smirnov inferential test (for determining data normality), Spearman and Pearson correlation (for studying the relation between variables) and multiple regressions for clarifying the impact of independent variables on dependent. Cronbach Alpha statistic (0.987) and content validity method (judgment of experts) are used for determining validity and reliability of data collection tools. Results suggest that among demographic features of inhabitants, age and type of housing in terms of being personal or rented, and social features of neighborhood, i.e. participation, understanding and neighborhood efficiency have a significant, positive and strong relation with sense of belonging to neighborhood. Similarly, sense of belonging to neighborhood has great impact on inhabitants’ social participation (volunteer preparation, collective work and collaboration with local institutions).