Place Attachment with a certain livable district is a complicated and multi-dimensional concept. This feelings ultimately would become an impeccable part of every district or region itself.These feelings between a certain district and a citizen has got roots in former experiences and characteristics of every individuals.This essay with clarification of effective factors on place attachment with a certain district which includes the “district entity,” “district affiliation,” and “social connection,” has embarked on comparison and measurement of these factors for certain districts in the city of Tehran. The method of research and study in this essay has been an analytical and dialectic process.This process has been concluded with dispersion of 475 application forms, field and district observation, and oral interview with teenagers between 12 to 16 from different districts of the City of Tehran, such as Elahieh in district 1, Narmak in district 8, Hashemi in district 10, and Yaftabad in district 17. To that end the Parametric F test (comparison of two variances), and also Tukey test (simple step multiple comparison procedure and statistical test) were utilized firstly to categorize the districts; and secondly in order to figure out which districts are similar, and which ones’ are different from each other.The F test outcome and result indicates that regarding the variances of “district entity,” “district affiliation,” and “place attachment” with respective results of 19.792, 9.174, and 11.153; conspicuous and visible differences are there among all compared districts.The observation done could be generalized with a margin of one percent trial and error respective to statistics.Regarding the variable of “social connection” with respective result of 0.616 there was no conspicuous and visible outcome among all compared livable districts through F test. However, the Tukey test indicates that regarding the place attachment, two districts of Yaftabad and Hashemi stand in one category, and the two districts of Narmak and Elahye in another category. Study of these two categories indicates that the Narmak and Elahiye teenagers and youngsters have more robust and social connection to their district than the teenagers and youngsters of Yaftabad and Hashemi.Finally, the district is compared with place attachment criteria and its factor is explained by Lambeda Quatation.
- For the preparation of this essay; the Thesis Project of first Editor’s Ph.D. degree with the title of: “the social and environmental capabilities of the City of Tehran public areas in the eyes of teenagers,” was utilized. At the present time this essay with the help and guidance of the second, and the third editors of original Thesis Project is under progress. The entire current research is happening at the School of Art and Architecture at the University of Tarbiate Modares of the City of Tehran.
- Ph.D Student in Urban Planning, Tarbiat Modares University. Email: z.khodaee@modares.ac.ir
- Faculty Member of Urbanization Department, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modares University. Email: rafiei_m@modares.ac.ir
- Faculty Member of Urbanization Department, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modares University. Email: h_dadashpoor@modares.ac.ir
- Faculty Member of Urbanization Department, Faculty of Art, Tarbiat Modares University. Email: Taghvae@modares.ac.ir
Manuscript profile