Geographical planning of space quarterly journal

Geographical planning of space quarterly journal

Investigating the Action of the Objective-Mental Components of the Happy City in Old and New Contexts with an Emphasis on the Sense of Place Belonging: The Case Study of old and New Texture Areas of Urmia Metropolis

Document Type : Article extracted From phd dissertation

Authors
somayeh Zeynalabedinzadeh
bakhtyar ezatpanah
Karim Hosainzadeh Dalir
Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Marand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran
10.30488/gps.2023.413653.3681
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the action of subjective-objective components affecting social vitality and the sense of belonging to a place in the areas of Urmia metropolis. To achieve this purpose, the cause and effect relationships between the factors were evaluated at two conceptual levels: 1- the components of the happy city and 2- the general environments or contexts that create happiness and the happy city. The current research method is descriptive-analytical, and library and survey (survey) methods were used in data collection. A survey of experts using a researcher-made questionnaire; There were 40 university professors and executive officials. The collected statistical data were analyzed through the fuzzy dimetal technique. Triangular fuzzy numbers were used in the calculations of pairwise comparisons and evaluation of the cause and effect relationship between the factors. The results obtained from Fuzzy Dimatel showed that the components of "access to play, sports, leisure and tourism" and "situation of place belonging and place identity" obtained fuzzy scores of "0.701", "0.780" and "0.780" respectively. "0.613" in the new context of Urmia city, the components of "social interaction status", "citizen's income status" and "access to play, sports, leisure and tourism" components, respectively, with fuzzy scores of "0.703", " "0.599" and "0.570" have the most influence among the factors that create a happy city in the old context of Urmia metropolis. Also, Fuzzy Dimatel calculations showed that among the environments/fields of Shad city in the new context of Urmia city, the fields of "physical-spatial", "social-behavioral" and "economic" respectively, with fuzzy scores of "3.479", " 1/432 and "1/376" have the most impact on other environments.
Keywords
Cause and Effect Relationship
Sense of Place Belonging
Happy City
Happy City Indicators
Urmia City
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Geographical planning of space quarterly journal
Volume 14, Issue 2
Summer 2024
Pages 97-115