Investigating and Evaluating Citizen's Satisfaction level of Urban Furniture Standards (case Study: second district of 2th Area, Tehran)

The primarily goal of urban planning is to improve life quality, create a quiet and interesting environment for citizens. Urban furniture as one of the most important elements of the urban environment plays a significant role in creating desirable and agreeable environments. Standardization of urban furniture results in increased utility of these elements, more stability of urban furniture and improved satisfaction level in citizens. Lack of standardization in urban furniture results in visual disorganization and users dissatisfaction. The present article, performs data collection with field measurement and distributes questionnaire among users of these furniture, and furthermore evaluates the quality and quantity of these elements using GIS and SPSS software. Based on the case study, multiple weak points were found in planning phase of the elements, including lack of proper localization of different urban furniture, accumulation of different furniture, environmental disarrangement due to unbalanced dispersion of elements and etc. Moreover, the studies comparatively investigate common standards of urban furniture and current situation. Based on field investigations and questionnaire distribution, results indicate that inhabitant’s satisfaction of furniture is in a low level.