Social And Cultural Influences In The Improvement Of Urban Community Cohesion (A Case Study: Rasht City)
Subject Areas : Social Evolutions
samira nakhjavani
1
(Graduated from Urban Design, Department of Art, Non-Profit Institute of Siraj, Tabriz, Iran.)
Arash Saghafi Asl
2
(Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.)
Keywords: Social And Cultural Effects, Urban Excellence, Urban Community Cohesion, Rasht city.,
Abstract :
The social and cultural effects of urban excellence as a strategic initiative for cities that helps them grow more and has affected the cohesion of the urban community. Therefore, improving community cohesion in Rasht city requires finding indicators and influential factors and establishing communication between them. The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of this research includes all the citizens living in Rasht city, whose number is equal to 679,995 people based on the census of 2016, and the required sample size of 384 people was determined using Cochran's formula. In order to analyze the issue, a framework of 6 indicators of urban excellence in the form of 37 items and 3 indicators of community cohesion in the form of 13 items was compiled and selected based on the studies of other researchers. After completing the questionnaires and collected data, it was analyzed using SPSS and EXCEL software, one-sample T-tests and multivariate regression. In such a way that out of 6 excellence indicators, only 1 quality of life indicator with an average of 3.01 has a favorable situation and the rest of the indicators are in an unfavorable situation. The results of multivariate regression showed that there is a significant relationship between the effects of excellence and community cohesion according to the meaning level (0.001); The effects of excellence on the community cohesion of Rasht city have been significant. Among them, the quality of life index with a beta value of 0.534 had the greatest impact and the environmental sustainability index with a beta coefficient of 0.102 had the least impact on the community cohesion of Rasht city.
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