Abstract
The present study is an attempt to find out conceptual and fondumental aspects of alley meaning in the context of Sari historical city center. In this research the considered environment is the allies of historical center context of Sari city. This research tries to discover the hidden meaning system behind the current behaviors and activities in the alleys of this area. This research is based on Exploratory factor analysis research method which is one of the branches of correlation research method and is calculated by using covariance matrix method of analysis. The results of this study showed that there is a collection of meaning components which are working as a network in the final model. The study identified 17 components that were categorized into four main systems: individual social position, individual internal feelings, cultural relationships, and tradition. This paper concludes that the proposed model carefully shows the meanings regulation of the historical fabric of alleys.
Highlights
In each society different factors and phenomena are affective on the formation of urban fabric
Studying of the indirect effects of independent variables on the dimensions of the individual's social position in society shows that the structure of domination of the place has had a negative effect on the dimensions of the individual's social position in society
The strongest indirect effects on the dimensions of the variable of the individual's social position in society are related to the variable of individual's inner feelings
Summary
In each society different factors and phenomena are affective on the formation of urban fabric. Many studies have addressed material and environmental factors, it seems that human factors, including the meaning of activities in the environment, have been less addressed. The importance of city allies is that they are open and public places that a person walks in immediately after leaving the house that is owned by him and belongs to him. This point is especially noticeable in traditional contexts where the hierarchy of access was fully observed. Such structures in Islamic cities caused a harmony between the life style and the cultural principle of Islam. Such structures in Islamic cities caused a harmony between the life style and the cultural principle of Islam. so that after leaving the house, the person entered a narrow alley and mainly a dead end, and into the main alleys of the neighborhood texture and entered the street or the main axes of the city, which were connected with urban centers, markets, mosques and government buildings
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