The effect of urban design and policy on enhancing citizens' sense of place belonging; Case example of Sanandaj city
Subject Areas : Urbanism
Behrouz Veysi
1
,
Aso emamgholi
2
,
Midia sadeghi
3
1 - Master Student in urban planning,Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
2 - Master Student in urban planning,Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
3 - Bachelors Student of urban Engineering,Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran
Keywords: urban design, sense of belonging to place, neighborhood, Sanandaj city,
Abstract :
The sense of belonging to a place is related to the amount of human presence in the environment. Regardless of the reason, this presence is not just a quantitative aspect to express numbers and figures, but also has a qualitative aspect that is due to the reasons for human presence in urban spaces and places. In the meantime, urban design can promote the sense of belonging to a place among citizens by providing suitable patterns. In this article, by comparing the factors affecting the sense of belonging to the place in four different neighborhoods of Sanandaj city, it is tried to determine the reason for the residential behavior of the citizens. In this research, using a researcher-made questionnaire with 331 numbers and using the Pearson correlation test, the questions will be tested. In this research, we have come to the conclusion that the factors affecting the sense of belonging to the place among citizens are different in different neighborhoods, for example, in the old or middle neighborhood, historical and cultural factors can play a colorful role in promoting the sense of belonging to a place. But in new urban areas, physical factors such as open and recreational spaces, facilities and natural elements can play an important role in the sense of place. As a result, people in old and new neighborhoods gain dimensions of sense of belonging and lose dimensions that ideally, in order to gather as many factors as possible on the sense of belonging to a place in a neighborhood, the first step is to identify and compare the factors. It was discussed in this article.
