Investigating the role of identity building components to increase the sense of belonging to a place in localities

Subject Areas : City architect

Sharareh farhad ^{1 *}

1 - 1Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran

Received: 2022-08-20 Accepted : 2022-08-20 Published : 2022-07-23

Keywords: Identity, neighborhoods, Components of identity, sense of belonging to place,

Abstract :

Traditional neighborhoods are part of a city that have lost their identity due to physical or functional weakness and cannot create a sense of belonging among their residents. The erosion of the residential fabric of these neighborhoods has affected the social and economic activities and has led to a sharp decrease in the quality of life and the quality of the environment. Since attachment to a place is a strong stimulus for maintaining and promoting communities and their related social capital, in order to create a sense of belonging to the residential context in these neighborhoods, it is necessary to pay attention to concepts such as human relationship with place, identity and sense of belonging. In this regard, the general purpose of this article is to investigate the relationship between the components of architectural identity (symbols, decorations, patterns of the past) and attachment to place in Aghazaman neighborhood of Sanandaj city. In order to achieve this goal, the present research, using the descriptive-analytical method to collect information in the form of documents and survey, with the collection tool in the form of a questionnaire, first examined the correlation between the components of identity and attachment to the place and Then, it identifies the effective indicators in predicting the dependent variable (attachment to the place) which, using the statistical method of structural equations, the results of the research have shown that the direct effect of the identity components on the attachment to the neighborhood is equal to 0.15, the amount of variance It has been explained that the variable of attachment to the neighborhood through identity-forming components is equal to 0.89 and the Pearson correlation coefficient of identity-forming components to attachment to the place is equal to 0.456. The results of the research show that in relation to the index of identity building components, the most important influential factors are the use of past patterns, decorations and symbols, as well as in relation to the index of attachment to the neighborhood, staying in the neighborhood, social communication and participation in The neighborhood has been found as an influencing factor in Aghazaman neighborhood. Therefore, the findings of the research show the role of identity-building components in creating attachment to a place, and this result shows the value of using identity-building components in creating attachment to a place.