جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « contemporary neighborhoods » در نشریات گروه « علوم اجتماعی »

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between residential environments and the residents’ lifestyle dimensions. Theoretical studies suggest that the capabilities of residential environments can affect different aspects of lifestyle. To validate the theoretical model of the study, a traditional and a contemporary neighborhood in Tabriz were selected. The statistical population for each neighborhood was determined to be 200 residents. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the impact of residential environments on lifestyle dimensions. The results of our theoretical tests on a traditional and a contemporary neighborhood suggested that in the traditional neighborhood, the physical capability at the neighborhood level and the symbolic capability at the home level had the highest impact on the development of lifestyle dimensions. In terms of lifestyle dimensions, at the neighborhood level, the interaction dimension was affected the most by the physical capability, whereas at the home level, the interaction dimension was affected the most by the symbolic capability. In contrast, in the contemporary neighborhood, the social capability at the neighborhood and the symbolic capability at the home level had the highest impact on the improvement of lifestyle dimensions. In terms of lifestyle dimensions, at the neighborhood level, the unity dimension was affected the most by the social capability, whereas at the home level, the unity dimension was affected the most by the symbolic capability.

The emergence of urbanization problems and, consequently, the decline in the quality of citizen lives in the urban fabric have led the experts to find a way to adjust the conditions of the human environment. Paying attention to the presence of pedestrians in urban spaces is one of the effective ways to improve the quality of urban areas. Unfortunately, due to the dominance of cars in cities, they have become the center of attention, causing pedestrians to be isolated in urban fabric. Mashhad, as one of the major metropolises of Iran, welcomes many tourists and pilgrims every year, which has adversely affected the traffic spread to the central, middle and even outer city neighborhoods. The main objective of this research is to achieve qualitative and environmental measures that are effective in improving the presence level of pedestrians in urban areas, as well as analyzing and evaluating these criteria and their priority level in the context of Mashhad neighborhoods. The research method is descriptive, analytical and case study. To this end, based on library resources and documents, theoretical discussions about the factors affecting the presence of pedestrians in urban neighborhoods have been discussed and effective components and indicators have been extracted. The extracted components are divided into two environmental and functional dimensions and analyzed in six neighborhoods of Mashhad. The results of this research show that although the attention to environmental criteria is evident in contemporary urban areas, but qualitative criteria have a higher quality in inner context of Mashhad. The inner context of Mashhad has preserved its identity and environmental qualities while the new constructions and growing presence of cars convey a different image from the identity of this urban fabric.