Evaluating Citizen Satisfaction with Urban Furniture

Urban furniture is one of the most important symbols in shaping the city's landscape, which will lead to the diversity, uniqueness, and aesthetic appeal of the city. The city is a great work of art and people spend most of their time there, so the arrangement of space is closely related to the urban furniture and the creation of other facilities and equipment. Therefore, considering the importance of the topic, the purpose of this study is to evaluate citizen satisfaction with urban furniture using six selected indices (safety and durability, variety of shape, visual beauty, location, variety of color, and compatibility with local culture) in district 4 of Ahvaz metropolitan area. The research method is practical and based on a survey-evaluation approach with a focus on questionnaires. The statistical population of the study is the citizens of the selected research area, and a sample of 380 people was considered based on the Cochran formula. The study's findings, based on the calculation of the one-sample t-test, show that the average satisfaction of citizens in the studied area regarding urban furniture is 3.46, which is at the medium level. Additionally, based on the results of the Kruskal-Wallis test, the level of significance of the selected indices is 0.285 and greater than the confidence level of 0.05. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a difference of opinion among the statistical groups in the studied area.