Applying the principles of Neo-urbanism and sense of place in the regeneration of Abshouran neighborhood in Kermanshah

The old fabric of Kermanshah city is an inseparable part of the city in terms of different dimensions, and a considerable part of the city's history has been manifested in the body of this texture. Today, due to various structural and social changes (structural-physical changes of the Pahlavi era, severe physical erosion of the old city and the expansion of the dilapidated part of the city and the continuation of neglect of the old city, the indiscriminate expansion of the city in the surrounding lands in the years after the revolution, unplanned and unspecified actions and interventions in recent years) has suffered social and not physical changes in the old texture. These developments caused structural changes in the social fabric and old neighborhoods and the social relationships that had been formed in the Old City for centuries have been weakened and destroyed. Accordingly, Abshouran neighborhood (the oldest and most basic neighborhood from which the city has begun to grow) in the old texture of Kermanshah city and the developments that have also taken place in different periods, it lacks of strength of existing buildings against earthquakes with problems such as physical exhaustion, non-conformity of old texture with the needs of the day, lack of cultural-social disproportionateness of texture and lack of sense of place.  This has led to the critical situation in the present period as one of the challenges facing Kermanshah city and neighborhood. Due to these problems, the necessity of recreating a city neighborhood based on modernism, which is based on sustainable development and returning to traditions and restoring the structure of the neighborhood and the identity of the city, requires that it focuses on one of the approaches of this intellectual stage such as modernism. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to recreate (physical and functional) the sense of place, based on the ten principles of the New-urbanism charter of Abshouran neighborhood in Kermanshah. Descriptive-analytical research method and its type are applied. Also, documentary studies, field observation and questionnaire tools were used to collect data. The statistical population of all residents of the western part of Abshouran neighborhood (Sabzeh Meydan to Madras) is Kermanshah city, among which 166 people were selected as the sample size using Cochran formula. For data analysis, SPSS software version 24 was used in the form of statistical tests such as Spearman correlation method and multivariate regression test. The results indicate that all ten principles of the New Urbanism Charter are effective in recreating the sense of place of Abshouran neighborhood, Kermanshah city. On the other hand, paying attention to physical and functional elements in regeneration have a direct impact on the sense of place and can lead to the improvement of the location and resurgence of the Abshuran neighborhood.