quality of life, urban planning, transportation, education, Kerman
Subject Areas : Urban Sociological Studies
Keywords: education, Urban Planning, transportation, Kerman, quality of life,
Abstract :
. Given the rapid growth of urban areas and the accumulation of resources in cities in recent decades gaining knowledge of, measuring, and the improvement of quality of life has assumed prominence among researchers, urban planners and governments officials. This issue will be solved only if the existing situation changes into the desired one. By considering the perceptions of residents as the existing situation and their expectations of quality of life as a desired situation; then the gap will be identified, hence in order to achieve the desired situation, more fundamental steps should be taken. Therefore, the aim of the present research is to assess people’s satisfaction with life quality in district 4 of the city of Kerman. This site was chosen because of its distinction compared to the other regions. The research methodology is survey and data gathering tool was questionnaire. The research population consisted of all those residing in district4 of Kerman, of which, based on Cochran's formula 384 individuals were chosen as the sample through stratified random method. The results of Non-parametric, Wilcoxon, Cross-call Valise, and U-man Whitney tests and Spearman Correlation showed that there are negative gaps in all five dimensions of the life quality (including: dwelling facilities, security, social communications and sense of belonging, urban facilities and transportation). The highest average for the quality gap is related to the dimension of transportation and the lowest average is related to the social communication and belonging sense. The results of the second hypothesis showed that there is a positive correlation between the respondents’ age and the quality gap. It means that the respondents’ satisfaction increases with increasing of their ages. The Crosscall- Vallis test showed a negative relationship between education and satisfaction with life (sig=0.034, 0.008).