Abstract
The present study investigates the effect of spatial features of urban space on enhancing user-space through increasing social interaction. In recent years, the rate of presence and occurrence of social interaction in public places such as neighborhood centers have been noticeable. This issue can play an important role in recognizing the social relations, in environmental quality, in revealing social life as well as the culture. The present study was done in Sultan-Mirahmad neighborhood. It is considered that legibility, complexity, accessibility, the hierarchy of spatial as well as identifying features affect the occurrence of different usages and the variety of activities during the daily life in the neighborhood. To investigate the role of spatial features, 50 available local residents and newcomers (tourists) were selected and a questionnaire was designed to do the survey. The Cronbach alpha validity came 0.75. Analyzing the data, three factors were identified including legibility, complexity and accessibility with every factor including some sub-factors. Based on this study, a model can be compiled to show how these three factors interplay in enhancing social interactions. The rate of effectiveness of the factors depends on the various sub-factors that make them up. The results showed that these three characteristics of spatial features are the most important in significantly enhancing the social interaction and use of urban space.
Highlights
The attendance of people in urban space has been taken into account by environmental science researchers
There is a close relationship between social interactions and environmental physical characteristics which can regard the urban space vital and dynamic along with the attendance of people
Using survey method and recognizing the effective factor's space as well as their relationships, the theoretical model is suggested as a neighborhood center to enhance the quality of social interactions in urban space
Summary
The attendance of people in urban space has been taken into account by environmental science researchers. There is a close relationship between social interactions and environmental physical characteristics which can regard the urban space vital and dynamic along with the attendance of people. People come to urban space to commute, purchase and interact with one another. The urban space is the reciprocal interaction between and space and behavior. It is the most important occurrence space, emergence of daily activities of people and the main center of social relationships. Using questionnaire data, the obtained factors are considered in Sultan Mirahmad neighborhood center. Analyzing the data, the rate of effectiveness of each factor is specified. The obtained results can be used in environment-behavior studies
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