Dr. Esmaeil Shieh, Ayyoob Sharifi, Mojtaba Rafieian,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (12-2011)
Abstract
Living in satisfying urban environments is important for an individual’s well-being. In order to create such environments,
planners, designers, and policy makers need to understand the structures that cause residents to feel satisfied with their
environments. This paper focuses on the perceived quality of urban residential environments: dwellings and neighborhoods. First,
literature review was conducted to extract a list of relevant attributes of environmental quality (EQ), which in turn became the
theoretical basis for the rest of this work. Next, the general research methodology, the multi-attribute evaluation of perceived
quality of urban residential environments, was presented. Hierarchical multiple regression was used for data analysis. Using
written questionnaire, residents in two neighborhoods of Tehran, Zafaranieh and Khaniabad were asked to evaluate their present
residential situation on the various residential attributes. Due to the presence of north-south dichotomy in Tehran, researcher
tried to compare perceptions of the residents of these two neighborhoods. Regressing the general satisfaction evaluations on the
specific evaluations revealed a model fit which appeared to be relatively high (49%). It was concluded that next to physical
attributes, psycho-social attributes and attributes of built environments are relevant attributes, and EQ may best be seen as a
hierarchical multi-attribute concept. Subjective evaluations varied across two neighborhoods and results showed that older
people were somewhat more satisfied with their residential environments than younger people.
V. Bigdeli Rad, H. Najafpour, E. Shieh, H. Bigdeli Rad,
Volume 29, Issue 1 (6-2019)
Abstract
A safe neighborhood encourages the residents to lead a more physically active lifestyle. A lack of physical activities elevates the risks of various health condition, most profoundly obesity and cardiovascular diseases. This paper presents the development of a questionnaire aimed at measuring the safety factors associated with physical activeness of the residents in urban Tehran neighborhoods that has been tested and validated through pilot study, industry recognized validity tests, and expert review. The questionnaire has six research constructs linked to five specified research indicators. It is available in both Farsi and English, and back translation has been done by field experts to ensure its accuracy in representing the intended measurement. This questionnaire is expected to assist urban developers and managers in improving the safety condition in urban neighborhoods of Iran to promote physical activeness.
