Journal of Sustainable Urban & Regional Development Studies (JSURDS)

Abstract Background and Purpose: Shifting from the car-centric paradigm to a human-centric approach in designing public spaces is a critical prerequisite for enhancing citizens' quality of life. This study aims to assess the impact of human-centric urban design on the quality of life of users at Mosallas Square in Dezful. In this model, the mediating role of "satisfaction" and the direct effects of "perceived quality" and "sense of belonging" were analyzed within the structural equation modeling framework to examine how the physical characteristics of the space are perceived by users and translated into quality of life.
Methodology: Applied in purpose and descriptive-survey in nature, this study adopts a correlational approach. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire from a sample of 384 users selected through random sampling. This instrument measured components of human-centric design and quality of life across physical and perceptual dimensions. To analyze the structural relationships between variables, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method was employed in SmartPLS software.
Results and Findings: Descriptive findings indicate that while the square possesses a high capacity for fostering a sense of belonging (mean = 3.54), the environmental comfort index is at the lowest level (mean = 2.62), reflecting weaknesses in infrastructural and climatic facilities The results demonstrate that human-centric urban design has a positive and significant effect on user satisfaction, and this variable plays a mediating role in enhancing quality of life. Additionally, 'sense of belonging' and 'perceived quality' exert a direct and significant impact on quality of life. The findings suggest that in identity-based public spaces, such as Mosallas Square, the impact of physical weaknesses on quality of life and user satisfaction can be neutralized by the power of 'sense of belonging' and collective memories. Therefore, it is proposed that urban interventions in this square, alongside physical modifications, should focus on improving the lived experience and psychological satisfaction of the users.

Abstract Background and Objective: The rapid growth of urbanization, large-scale migration, and the transformation of socio-economic structures in recent decades have turned urban quality of life into one of the critical concerns of urban planning. In this context, the city of Izeh faces multiple challenges across economic, social, cultural-service, and physical-environmental dimensions.
Methodology: This study aims to evaluate and rank the indicators of urban quality of life in Izeh using the multi-criteria decision-making VIKOR model. The research is applied in purpose and descriptive-analytical in method. The statistical population included 382 residents of Izeh, selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected via a researcher-made questionnaire and documentary sources. After normalization, indices of utility (S), regret (R), and the VIKOR index (Q) were calculated for each dimension.
Results and Findings: Findings revealed that the physical-environmental dimension ranked first (Q=0.04691), reflecting relative satisfaction with infrastructure, green spaces, and housing. The economic dimension ranked second (Q=0.22093), but showed the necessity for improvements in job opportunities and income equality. The social (Q=0.63780) and cultural-service (Q=1.00000) dimensions were ranked third and fourth, respectively, highlighting weaknesses in social participation, public services, and cultural facilities. These results indicate that while residents are relatively satisfied with the physical-environmental aspects, significant challenges persist in economic, social, and cultural-service dimensions. The study concludes that although the physical-environmental dimension demonstrates relative strength, substantial deficiencies exist in other dimensions. These findings provide a scientific basis for developing urban policies and planning strategies aimed at enhancing the quality of life in Izeh and other similar cities.

Abstract Background and Aim: Urban parks serve as escapes from the city, improving mental and physical health and promoting social interaction. Young people are among the most vulnerable populations in society and are less likely to visit parks, especially girls between the ages of 15 and 24. Young people benefit from urban parks because they improve mental health and reduce loneliness, especially among girls between the ages of 15-24.
Methods and Material: In this study 513 questionnaires were distributed and completed by young girls living in the parks Abidar, Ashti, Rojiar and Kochka-rash were present in Sanandaj city as part of this study. Activities, sociability, and comfort and well-being were the three independent variables that made up the questionnaire. SPSS software was used to analyze the collected data.
Results and Discussion: With a correlation coefficient of 0.800, Spearman correlation results in SPSS software showed that park activities had the greatest impact on reducing young girls' feelings of loneliness. The sociability of the park (correlation coefficient: 0.707) and comfort and well-being (correlation coefficient: 0.682) are then individually ranked second and third. According to the study's findings, young girls' feelings of loneliness in parks can be alleviated by providing them with appropriate opportunities for social interactions and activities, as well as comfort and well-being. By taking their preferences into account, parks can be transformed into spaces that effectively support improvisation.

Abstract Introduction: Multidimensional urban quality of Life encompasses horizontal dimensions (objective and subjective dimensions) and vertical dimensions (themes), which include relevant aspects of the living conditions that should be objectively and subjectively assessed. They took into consideration the objective, mental and vertical and horizontal dimensions of the quality of life category, which makes the officials would be able to not only provide their satisfactory at the highest level, but also step positively forward to determining reasons of citizens’ dissatisfactory and establish infrastructures that citizens are interested to, through tracking changes of all aspects of quality of life and choosing proper development of the city.
Methods and Material: The following study seek to survey the condition of quality of life of Birjand city that is recently assigned as the center of South Khorasan, applying descriptive – analytic method. Therefore, a sample of 271 households are selected from different restricts of the city and data are collected through field survey and using questionnaire. Finally, the collected data has been analyzed by statistics methods and related software applications.
Results and Discussion: The results suggest that the condition of quality of life quality mainly was lower than moderate level, from subjective and objective aspects throughout the whole city. Nevertheless, northern districts suffer much worse and improper condition rather than southern districts; and it is essentially needed that officials, not only implement to improve quality of life within the city, but also take a deeper care to northern districts which are taken more prioritization.
Conclusion:This study tried to contribute to our understanding of the disparities in urban QOL, and provide a scientific basis for urban policies that achieve diversity and inclusiveness.

Abstract Background and Purpose
In recent centuries, the rapid growth of urbanization in developing countries, along with an objective approach to development, has added to the objective and mental disorders of third world cities. The present study aims at the comparative analysis of quality of life indicators based on urban social justice, a case study of the neighborhoods of Zeitoun Karmanani and Koi Yousefi (Fatimieh) city of Ahvaz has been completed.
Research Methodology
According to the nature of the subject and the goals for which this research is planned, this research is descriptive-analytical and belongs to the category of applied research. The statistical population is 49719 people living in Zaytoun neighborhoods, Karmaniyu Koi, Fatemiyah in 2015. Random sampling so that the sample size is taken from both neighborhoods. In order to select the sample size, Cochran's formula was used, according to which the sample size was 380 people. T-test and Pearson correlation were used for analysis.
Discussion and results
The findings show that in Koi Fatemiye neighborhood, the average physical-physical index is 2.63 and for Zaytun Karmanani is 3.78. In the economic dimension, the average of Koi Fatemiyeh neighborhood is 3.68 and Zaytun Karmanani is 3.79.
Conclusion
The results indicate that the main attention in the way of distributing the development resources, and considering the justice in the benefit, and the lack of attention and investment in a specific place, which shows that all These indicators, if properly paid attention to, can be effective in the process of sustainable development of the studied neighborhoods and the overall development of the city's sustainability

Abstract Background and Aim: Today, one of the most important issues of urban life is the increase in population, and providing welfare and comfort, or in other words, raising the quality of life, is very important for them, an issue that city managers seek to improve for citizens. On the other hand, today's world is facing challenges that are caused by the transformations resulting from the progress of science and industry and the design of new organizational and social needs. Therefore, considering that the goal of urban management is to improve the quality of life and well-being of citizens, and Tehran's 11th district also has its shortcomings in this field, the purpose of this research is to investigate the role of good urban governance in improving the quality of life in Tehran's 11th district.
Methods: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical in terms of method, and it was conducted in a library and field method. In order to collect the theoretical foundations of the research, library resources including books, articles, dissertations and reliable scientific and research databases were used, and then the field method including questionnaires was used. The statistical population of the present study is the 11th district of Tehran, and using the Cochran formula, 384 people have been considered as the statistical population. Then SPSS software and correlation and regression tests were used for quantitative data analysis.
Findings and Conclusion: Establishing good urban governance indicators, especially participation and accountability, can improve the quality of life and thus improve the living conditions of various urban groups in the 11th district of Tehran, and even provide the grounds for achieving sustainable development in this area.

Abstract Background and Aim: Considering that urban regeneration is a comprehensive and integrated policy to solve the problems of cities in a way that leads to the improvement of livability indicators and the quality of life of citizens and as a result of providing sustainable urban development, the purpose of this research is to explain the criteria of urban regeneration. In order to achieve sustainable development, it is a case study of Tehran's 10th district (Brianak neighborhood(
Methods: The research is of a descriptive and analytical type, and it was carried out in a library and field method in such a way that books, articles, and reliable scientific and research databases were used to collect data, and for its analysis, Questionnaire and spss have been used. The statistical population of the research was the 10th district of Tehran and Briyank neighborhood.
Findings and Conclusion: The results of the research show that if the quality of living in this neighborhood is improved through the improvement and renovation of dilapidated structures, it is possible to provide services and open and green spaces in the neighborhood and improve the residential role of the neighborhood. It increased the desirability of living conditions in it. If urban-scale functions and uses are established in the neighborhood, it will provide the grounds for more visits to the neighborhood and can provide the grounds for creating new jobs and economic prosperity in the neighborhood. The most important issue to get out of the existing conditions of the neighborhood, and succeed in urban regeneration in it, is to improve the socio-economic structure, and it goes without saying that without the involvement and participation of the residents, who are the most important and main groups facing the problems of this neighborhood. This issue will not go anywhere.

Abstract Background and Aim: Considering the importance of urban prosperity, the purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution of urban prosperity indicators and prioritize these indicators in the five areas of Mahshahr port.
Methods: The research method used in this research is theorical-applied with a main descriptive-analytical approach and the five areas of Mahshahr port have been studied on a case-by-case basis. Using the theoretical foundations of the research and the research background, the research variables were prepared. Then a questionnaire was designed that includes 6 indicators and 21 criteria and 63 sub-criteria. Then the designed questionnaire was distributed among the statistical population and its results were analyzed using t-test and analysis of variance and Scheffe test.
Findings and Conclusion: At the beginning, the differences between the groups and the means were studied as raw data, the results of which showed that the indicators have a high level of significance (Sig) for the urban prosperity of the regions. Then, the fuzzy AHP method was used to weight the criteria. The results showed that the productivity index with a weight of 0.203 is in the first rank and then the quality of life index with a rank of 0.195 is in the second rank and infrastructure with a weight of 0.187 is in the third rank. In the next step, the use of TOPSIS and Waspas methods and finally the Copeland integration model were prioritized. The results showed that the three-urban area of Mahshahr port has the highest rate and the first priority in terms of urban prosperity indicators, and the last area is allocated to region one.

Abstract Citizenship and citizen behavior is one of the fundamental variables and factors in the development of social capital and the subsequent development of human societies, which is the importance of finding it in urban studies and addressing it in this study. The aim of this study is to investigate the indicators of citizenship satisfaction and its effect on positive behaviors in region 16 of city of Tehran. The research method is descriptive-survey and correlational approach is adopted to assess the perceived quality in region 16 of the city. four dimensions (facilities and urban infrastructure, basic needs, social environment and environment) and for positive behaviors. Overall satisfaction (4 items), Citizens' attachment (3 items), Intention to leave (2 items) and Positive speech (2 items) were considered on the Likert scale. In the next step, the questionnaire was distributed among the statistical community. For data analysis, after preparing the correlation matrix, the necessary calculations were performed using Amos and through path analysis, and for the proposed Amos model, good fit indices were performed. The results of the perceived quality variable show that there is a significant difference between the studied areas in the average obtained for each item so that area one has a lower average than the other areas. The results obtained from the model test to examine the relationships of variables were as follows: the effect of satisfaction on urban attachment was positive with 0.550. The effect of perceived quality on citizen satisfaction was confirmed as the highest path coefficient among the coefficients. It was confirmed as the highest path coefficient among the coefficients. Also, the positive effect of satisfaction variable on positive speech was 0.536.

Abstract Today, planners believe that environmental quality is a key concept for regional and social planning and is associated with concepts such as quality of life, diversity of social space, physical characteristics, activities, spatial dependencies, and urban identity. Therefore, improving the quality of the environment has become one of the main goals of policy makers and urban planners. The purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of environmental quality components from the perspective of tourists in Isfahan metropolis. The research method in this study is descriptive-analytical and the data are prepared by survey method. The statistical population of this study includes tourists of Isfahan metropolis, which using a Cochran''s formula, a sample of 384 people was randomly selected and studied. This number was questioned through a questionnaire whose validity was tested using Cronbach''s alpha method. In this study, in order to analyze the data, the statistical approach of structural equation modeling (SEM) and the second-order five-factor confirmatory factor analysis test were used. The final results obtained from the elimination of the effects of measurement errors in the structural equation modeling approach, indicate the effectiveness of the evaluation of the tourist community of environmental quality, respectively, environmental, aesthetic and formal, semantic and perceptual dimensions, and finally functional and activity.