The impact of security and vitality of the urban space on the development of citizen relations in Gohardasht Street, Karaj

Subject Areas : Geography and Urban Planning

Mahdi Lotfi ¹ , Rahim Sarvar ² , Ali Tavakolan ³

1 - Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-08-21 Accepted : 2023-10-12 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: Vitality, Safety, Gohar Street, development of citizen relations, Security, Dasht Karaj,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of security and vitality of the urban space on the development of citizen relations in Gohardasht Street, Shahr Karaj. This research was applied and its method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the research was all the residents of Karaj (1,592,492 people), out of which 384 people were selected as a sample using Cochran's sample size formula. The tool used in this research was a researcher-made questionnaire.The findings of the research have shown that the relationship between the safety and security and the vitality of urban spaces with the development of citizenship relations among the citizens of Karaj is significant, and in the meantime, according to the values of the correlation coefficient, the relationship between the vitality of urban spaces and the development of citizenship relationships is more intense. . Also, the statistical characteristic of the regression has also shown that 43.5% of the variance related to the development of citizenship relations among the residents of Shahr Karaj is explained by the variables of safety and security, liveliness and readability. that the vitality variable of urban spaces has the highest impact factor and safety and security has the lowest factor. The safety and security of the urban space has had an impact on the development of citizen relations on Gohardasht street in Shahr Karaj, which has a significant impact factor. In addition, among the two investigated variables (safety and vitality), the safety variable had the least impact on the relationship of citizenship. The vitality of the urban space has had an impact on the development of citizen relations in Gohardasht Street, Shahr Karaj, and its impact coefficient is also significant. In addition, among the two investigated variables (safety and liveliness), the liveliness variable has had the greatest impact on citizen communication, the result is that the liveliness of urban spaces, especially in Gohar-Dasht Karaj Street, has had an impact on the social communication of citizens. Because when the space has the necessary vitality, a person's presence in this space creates a feeling of happiness and joy in him, which leads to establishing a relationship with others. This happiness has led to the strengthening of the sense of belonging to the city in the citizens, and since it satisfies a natural need, it will give him a sense of happiness in life.