Exploring the factors affecting the Sociopetality in Traditional Neighborhoods of Rasht (Case Study: Ostadsara, Chelehkhane and Pirsara)

Fouladi, Shiva; Salaripour, Aliakbar

doi:10.22059/jrd.2021.318310.668626

Exploring the factors affecting the Sociopetality in Traditional Neighborhoods of Rasht (Case Study: Ostadsara, Chelehkhane and Pirsara)

Authors

Shiva Fouladi ¹

Aliakbar Salaripour ²

¹ M.A of Urban Planning, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of guilan

² Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design University of Guilan

10.22059/jrd.2021.318310.668626

Abstract

Unlike the traditional lifestyle that was associated with extensive public interactions comparable to those among family members, contemporary life in densely populated cities has witnessed a sharp decline in social interactions among Citizens in general, and neighborhoods in particular. Words of sociopetal and sociofugal for the first time raised by Osmond that some other scientists have commented on that later. The present study was an attempt to detect urban space elements that affect the level of sociopetal in traditional neighborhoods of Rasht. A 50- item questionnaire related to research variables was used for data collection purposes. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the partial least square method were used within the framework of SPSS and SMART PLS3 software to analyze the data. People living in traditional neighborhoods of Rasht were recognized as population of the study and residents of Ostadsara, Chelehkhane and Pirsara neighborhoods were considered as samples of the study. Research data were collected from 265 residents of the afore-mentioned neighborhoods. The results showed that social attachment, sociability, Beauty and comeliness, inclusiveness, readability, prediction and creation of social events, and the geometry and dimensions of space can improve the level of sociopetal in Ostadsara, chelekhane and Pirsara neighborhoods in declining order of significance

Keywords

Sociability

Sociopetal

Neighborhood

Traditional Neighborhoods

Rasht city