A survey about the relationship between sustainable social development and a sense of place belonging in Boroujerd

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

masoume motlq ¹ , negin farhadipoor ²

1 - faculty member of Islamic Azad University
2 - Isalmic Azad university

Received: 2020-08-25 Accepted : 2020-11-09 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: Quality of living environment, Sustainable Social Development, citizenship participation, Access to Resources and Facilities, Sense of place,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between sustainable social development and a sense of place belonging in Boroujerd. In order to measure sustainable social development, three indicators of citizenship participation, quality of living environment and access to resources and facilities were used. The research method is descriptive-survey according to the research subject and the population of the city is Boroujerd, which in the last census of 2016 has been estimated at 322/452 people. The sample size was determined using Cochran sampling formula of 384 people. Sampling in this study is done by cluster method. Since the city of Boroujerd has two regions, several alleys from each region and several houses from each alley are randomly selected for research. Data collection tools in this study include a researcher-made questionnaire that was distributed among the sample size and after collection; their data were analyzed using statistical analysis such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, correlation and software regression. SPSS were analyzed. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between all three components of sustainable social development and the sense of place belonging of citizens. Therefore, according to the results, it can be said that to improve the sense of place belonging of citizens, special attention should be paid to improving social development indicators.