Measurement of quality of life in informal settlements. Case study: Islamabad neighborhood of Tehran

Autor: Ahmad Pourahmad, Ebrahim Amoo, Mohammad Hajian, Ashgar Raoufi
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: جغرافیای اجتماعی شهری, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 1-22 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2645-7784
DOI: 10.22103/JUSG.2018.1950
Popis: Improving the quality of life in a particular place or for individuals and groups has always been the focus of planners'''' attention. In recent years, studies on quality of life have focused mainly on urban nature, and the debate on the quality of urban life has become widespread among empirical research and studies. Today, with the increase of immigrants to major cities, they are resorting to the marginal areas of cities and informal settlements in order to achieve a better job and a better economic situation due to the inability to reside in formal urban areas. In this part of the cities, there is no necessary urban infrastructure and residents of these areas do not have a good quality of life. This problem exists in the metropolis of Tehran in different places. Therefore, in these settlements, the quality of life satisfaction has been investigated and the most important causes of dissatisfaction have been identified and addressed to resolve these issues. In this research, a descriptive-analytic method has been used. For data analysis, SPSS software has been used using one-sample t-test and Chen linear regression. The results of the research show that the most dissatisfaction with the economic and security factors in the neighborhood is. Analyzes also show that physical, service and access factors have the greatest mental impact on quality of life.
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