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2 - Social and Economic Effects of Gentrification stemming from Aggregation Policies (case of study: District 15 of the city of Tehran)
seyed Yaghoub Mousavi mohamad reza zandmoghadam sasan masoudi

The main objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the socioeconomic effects of modernization of dilapidated areas as a result of aggregation policies in the city of Tehran. This research made use of the survey method and needed data were collected from a strat More

The main objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the socioeconomic effects of modernization of dilapidated areas as a result of aggregation policies in the city of Tehran. This research made use of the survey method and needed data were collected from a stratified random sample using a questionnaire. The research population of the study consisted of all the residents aged 24-80 in district 15. After reviewing related theories, at the end a theoretical model was designed. Data were analyzed through, inferential statistics by using the SPSS software. the effects of modernized aggregation on social and economic dimensions were measured through Pearson's test. The most significant relationship was in the social dimension of the level of sense of belonging (0.335), participation (0.334), security (211/0), social services (0.616). In economic dimension, the highest ratio is in land and housing arrangement (0.269), investment (0.129) and income and expenditure (0.106). pathway analysis of the results showed that the most significant and strongest effects of the accumulation of modernized textures can be direct impact on the variables of participation (0.406), security (0.340), land and housing (0.448), income and expenditure (380 / 0), and social services (0.318). Manuscript profile

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3 - The Relationship between community Development Planning and Quality of Life in Mehriz City
SeyedAlireza Afshani Naeime Ahmadi

Each country needs to plan for the development of its inhabitants. One of the areas that can be considered in Planning is neighborhood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between community development planning and quality of life among citizen More

Each country needs to plan for the development of its inhabitants. One of the areas that can be considered in Planning is neighborhood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between community development planning and quality of life among citizens. Symbolic interaction theory and structural functionalism were utilized to form the theoretical framework of the study. The method used in this research was of survey type. Data was collected using a questionnaire and, using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, 385 citizens living in Mehriz city were selected as the sample. Validity of the tool was determined by content validity method and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess the reliability of the questions. Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software. The findings of the research indicated that there was a direct and significant relationship between the level of community development planning and quality of life and its different dimensions. Structural equation modelling showed that the variance of community development planning explained 24% of the variance of quality of life and fit indices also indicated the utility of the model. Manuscript profile

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4 - Youth Emulation of Social Networks in Urban Societies with an emphasis on Virtual Social Networks (case of study: Youth of the city of Arak)
Reza Ali Mohseni hamid borghani farahani Hosein Abolhasan Tanhaee tahmoures shiri

The extent to which virtual space influences different groups of people has become a very important question in recent years, therefore, the purpose of this research was to assess the effects of virtual social networks on youth in Arak city. The research population of t More

The extent to which virtual space influences different groups of people has become a very important question in recent years, therefore, the purpose of this research was to assess the effects of virtual social networks on youth in Arak city. The research population of the research consisted of young girls and boys 18-25 years old, of which, on the basis of Morgan’s table, 384 individuals were selected as the sample.. This is descriptive- explanatory survey that employed a questionnaire to gather needed data. The ideas of Jorgen Habermas, Manuel Castles, Pierre Bourdieu, Antony Giddens, Georg Simmel, Herbert Bloomer, Erich Fromm and Robert Putnam were utilized to form the theoretical base of the study. The results showed that virtual social networks were significantly related to youths’ leisure time activities, lifestyle, emotional familial relations, social identity, and social welfare. Manuscript profile

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5 - A Study on the relationship between Social Capital and Sustainable Urban Development (Case of study: Mazandaran province)
moharram azad ali rahmani firuozjah Ali Asghar Abbasi Asfajir

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between social capital and sustainable urban development in the urban population of Mazandaran province over the last 20 years. In order to investigate the relationship between these two variables, theories proposed by Put More

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between social capital and sustainable urban development in the urban population of Mazandaran province over the last 20 years. In order to investigate the relationship between these two variables, theories proposed by Putnam, Fukuyama, Misra, Einstein and Driscott were used. Data were collected using a survey method and a questionnaire tool from a statistical sample of 400 subjects. The descriptive findings of the current research showed that the status of the social capital index and all its components (i.e. social awareness, social trust, generalized norms, social participation and social cohesion) and the sustainable urban development index and all its dimensions (i.e. economic sustainability, social sustainability, environmental sustainability, physical sustainability and institutional sustainability) were located at the lower level than the moderate level. The explanatory findings of the research showed that social capital and all its components had a strong direct and significant relationship with sustainable urban development. In Pearson correlation coefficient, the relationship between social capital and all its components with sustainable urban development was significant. In multivariate regression analysis, the effects of all social capital components (other than generalized norms) were significant.  Based on the Beta coefficient, variables social trust and social participation, respectively had the most impact on sustainable urban development. Also, َaccording to the results of structural equation modeling, on the basis of various indices, the theoretical model of the research had a good fit. Manuscript profile

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6 - A study of socio-political factors affecting ethnic convergences (Case Study: ethnic groups of the city of Uremia)
mehdi ghassed Habibolah Zanjani Alireza Kaldi

Ethnic groups in every society have an important role in national solidarity and if they are challenged, they can endanger national security. Nowadays ethnicities are one of the necessities of development in the Islamic Republic of Iran and luckily after the Islamic Rev More

Ethnic groups in every society have an important role in national solidarity and if they are challenged, they can endanger national security. Nowadays ethnicities are one of the necessities of development in the Islamic Republic of Iran and luckily after the Islamic Revolution, due to policymaking, ethnic convergence has moved towards national solidarity. To highlight ethnic convergence in this research, political and social factors which influence the subject are studied. This case of study includes ethnic groups in the city of Uremia in comparison with those of the whole country. The methodology is qualitative and grounded theory is applied to fulfill the research. The qualitative data of the research were gathered through deep interviews and grounded theory strategy was used for the provision of the final theory. Using purposeful sampling and considering the fact of information saturation, 15 deep interviews with the people of the society were done. Gathered data were categorized within 63 concepts and amongst them 5 main categories were obtained: nationalism and common history, common religion, security and hope. The core category is the concept of security which encompasses the other categories. The results of the research indicated that the ethnic groups in Uremia inclined towards ethnic convergence due to political and social security. Manuscript profile

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7 - The Impact of Cultural Capital on Social Trust (case of Study: Residents of Zanjan City)
abolfazl karami Mohammd sadegh Mahdavi Mostafa Azkia

This paper examines the impact of cultural capital on social trust. Social trust is one of the most important components of social development and the spread of modernity and it is a significant aspect of social relations, which provides the basis for social assistance More

This paper examines the impact of cultural capital on social trust. Social trust is one of the most important components of social development and the spread of modernity and it is a significant aspect of social relations, which provides the basis for social assistance and participation among members of society. Social trust increases participation in various economic, social, political and cultural fields and increases the willingness of individuals to work with other groups. On the one hand, cultural capital, -as an indicator of cultural development, witch is a combination of indicators like individual inclinations and attitudes toward the use of cultural goods, the extent to which cultural goods are used objectively, and the scientific and cultural qualities of a person- can affect social trust. The research approach here is descriptive-causal and has been conducted in a cross-sectional and temporal manner. The research population included women and men over 18 years of age in the city of Zanjan, of witch a sample of 380 people were selected. The research findings showed that the estimation of social trust was about 23% of respondents, 70% were moderate and about 7% were high. A relatively high correlation was found between cultural capital and social trust and this correlation is statistically significant. Also, the relationship between the dimensions of cultural capital, including the embodied and objectified cultural capital, is significant with a solid correlation. Household income showed a negative relationship with social trust, so that by increasing the income  level of families, their level of social trust was reduced. But there was a positive and direct correlation between the education of citizens and their parents' education and social trust, so as increasing the level of education and literacy of individuals, social trust has been increasing. Similarly, the results of regression analysis showed that the variables of cultural capital, income and education of the individual and responsible parents were 64% of the total dependent variable variation, but the share of the main variable of the research, namely, cultural capital, in this explanation was 33%. Therefore, in explaining social trust, cultural capital is an influential variable, and if this kind of capital is strengthened in society and among people, the level of social trust and general trust in society can also increase. Manuscript profile

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Azadeh Arbabi Sabzevari Mohammad Alizadeh Hamid Zamani Mohammad Rahimi

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