Residential satisfaction evaluation model of residential apartments (Case study: Ateshgah-Najvan mountain range in Isfahan city)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
Mohammad Sadegh
Taher Tolou Del
1
(Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architectural Engineering and Urban Design, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.)
Omid
Heydaripour
2
(PhD Student of architecture, Faculty of Architectural Engineering and Urban Design, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.)
Keywords: Residential satisfaction, Behavioral Dimension, Objective Dimension, Mental Dimension, Components of Residential Satisfaction,
Abstract :
IntroductionResidential satisfaction is an important index in evaluating a person's satisfaction with the residential environment, for planners, architects, developers and policy makers, which is evaluated through various factors. The aim of this research is to know the components of residential satisfaction in different dimensions, prioritize them and find a model to evaluate residential satisfaction in residential apartments.Methodology The research method of this research with a quantitative approach, in two stages, includes finding the components of residential satisfaction through the content analysis of the related researches and evaluating the residential satisfaction based on the components through a survey. The survey was conducted with the statistical community of residents of residential apartments and the sample size was 250 residents of apartments under 10 units randomly. Geographical area of research The analyzed area is the 9th district of Isfahan in the area between Mount Atashgah and Nazhvan area, in recent years, the construction in this area has increased exponentially. This shows the importance of investigating residential satisfaction in this area. Results and discussion The findings are presented in two sections, results of ANOVA analysis and Structural equation modeling )SEM(. The findings show that based on the studied statistical population, age, level of education and income do not have much effect on residential satisfaction. Also, residential satisfaction model has been obtained in three dimentions included objective, mental and behavioral with a factor load between 0.3 and 0.4. In this model, the mental dimension has the highest factor load among the dimensions and social interactions has the highest factor load among the residential satisfaction components. Conclusion According to the findings, it is concluded that residential satisfaction is a concept based on three objective, mental and behavioral dimensions with almost equal importance and influenced by each other. This concept has components of almost equal importance. The share of each dimension in residential satisfaction model is about 30 to 40 percent and is very important, and the share of each component is about 3 to 4 percent.
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