Evaluating of Life Quality Satisfaction of the Residents in Germi City

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Asghar Pashazadeh ¹ , Hamid Jalalian ²

1 - Ph.D Candidate in Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Geographical Science, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2016-04-04 Accepted : 2018-05-23 Published : 2018-05-22

Keywords: satisfaction, Urban Life Quality, Urban services, Mental Indices, Residents of Germi City,

Abstract :

The conception of "life quality" has considered in regard to the qualitative aspects of human life, and evaluation of “life satisfaction” has covered to all human groups in various forms. Nowadays, the life quality in cities and the satisfaction of it is something that will be addressed in urban management and planning. In this field, the purpose of the present has been evaluating the satisfaction of life quality in Germi City (Iran) and comparing of the heptahedral quarters of the city which has done using with 62 mental indices classified in eight variable groups. This research has the objective of the survey and is among the applied research. The populations of the investigation are Germi's residents that among them 378 questionnaires- based on Cochran formula- were distributed randomly in classified manner. The reliability of the questionnaire has been measured by using Cronbach's alpha (was found at 0.82). Data analysis has been held by single T- test, ANOVA Test (one-way), Kruskal-Wallis and Friedman Tests as needed. The results show the quality of life in Germi has evaluated in undesired level on behalf of residents and in total the amount of satisfaction from the whole indices is less than the mean (Speculative Mean=3).The one-way ANOVA Test shows there is a difference between individual demographic characteristics of respondents and their idea of urban life quality. Moreover, there are differences between the heptahedral quarters of the city in viewpoint of life quality so that can be classified in four levels.

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