Effective Dimensions and Factors to Enhance Social Solidarity in Distressed Historic Areas, Case study: Behbahāni Neighborhood, Būshehr, Iran

Over the past few decades, social solidarity has been highlighted in many urban policy programs. Social solidarity reflects the values, goals and common expectations between citizens. It also seems that some historic areas have become distressed parts of the city, in such a way that the risk of reducing social and moral solidarity has become a threat to health and sustainable development in the cities. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to recognize the effective dimensions of promoting social solidarity in Behbahani neighborhood of Bushehr as a distressed historical area. The research method of this study was descriptive - analytical and survey. The questionnaire was used as a data collection tool, SPSS and AMOS software as a tool for data analysis and evaluation, and the structural model of confirmatory factor analysis, was used as a data analysis method. The statistical population of this study was all over 15-year-old residents of Behbahani neighborhood of Bushehr. The sample size of the study, 298 people, was calculated and selected through the Cochran formula. The sample size of the study was 298 people who were calculated and selected by the Cochran formula. The Cronbach's alpha value of the questionnaire was 0.92. The results of this research showed that the common interests with correlation of 0.88, social satisfaction with correlation of 0.86, social order and control with correlation of 0.86, social relations with correlation of 0.79 and social identity with correlation of 0.77 affects the level of social solidarity in distressed historical areas