Satisfaction measurement of the quality of urban life in the neighborhoods of Karaj

One of the most significant issues that has various meanings and dimensions for different individuals and groups is quality of life. This study extracts the most important components effecting the quality of life from an subjective perspective to achieve goal of extracting comprehensive indicators of quality of life in urban scale and measuring the quality of life in neighbourhoods studied on. This paper is practical in terms of research and is analytical descriptive in terms of survey methodology. In the present study we use the library and documentary resoarces to gather information. Then, direct observation, interview and questionnaire tools are used to measure the quality of life variables in the studied neiborhoods. Moreover factor analysis is used in data analysis.findings of this article show that final factors of quality of life in the city of Karaj are 16 factors. The general satisfaction level of residents with the quality of life in Azimiyeh, HesarakBala and Islamabad neighborhoods is very good, average and low respectively. Overall, the result of this article indicate that the housing index is considered as the most important factor for residents` satisfaction, wich unfortunately except for Azimiyeh, the other two mentioned neighborhoods are in an undesirable situation. In order to improve the quality of life of citizens, effective steps must be taken to fundamentally change the housing situation and improve their livelihood.