Evaluation of Social Effects Indexes of Intervention in Urban Worn-Out Fabrics from a Sociological Perspective with emphasizes on Social, Cultural and Structural Factors (Sirus, Bazarche and Abdol Abad Neighborhoods of Tehran city, Iran)

Mosa Raeisi, Seyed

doi:10.22034/ijumes.2022.730044

Evaluation of Social Effects Indexes of Intervention in Urban Worn-Out Fabrics from a Sociological Perspective with emphasizes on Social, Cultural and Structural Factors (Sirus, Bazarche and Abdol Abad Neighborhoods of Tehran city, Iran)

Document Type : Case Study

Author

Seyed Mosa Raeisi

Department of Humanities, Technical and Vocational University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/ijumes.2022.730044

Abstract

Interventions in urban worn-out fabrics from a sociological perspective engage in redefining public and private spaces to strengthen the relationship between citizens, space, and social trust, potentially fostering a sense of belonging, clarifying social boundaries. The aim of this research is to examine the three components in evaluating the type of interventions in worn-out urban fabric from a sociological perspective. The type of research in this study is descriptive-analytical and the research paradigm is interpretive. It is also considered qualitative research. The data collection method is documentary and library and is carried out using field sampling. The type of objective is applied and the development of concepts will also be used in the research text. First, the basic concepts related to the concept of dilapidated texture and urban textures are examined, and then, according to the socio-structural approach, the focus is on three structural, procedural and content components in dealing with the challenges of the research in three neighborhoods as case studies contains Sirous, Bazarcheh and Abdol Abad in Tehran city. Next, using the questionnaire method, 20 questions were randomly measured from 60 residents according to the Cochran formula and the results of the study were entered into the SPSS software. Considering the results obtained, the reliability and validity of the questionnaire will also be examined and validated by relevant tests. The findings show that in the Sirous neighborhood, the structuralsocial and semantic-cultural indices with an average score of 177 and 186, as well as the Bazzarcheh neighborhood with an average score of 216 in the social-justice index, had a better situation after the interventions, and the results indicate the direct effect of all three components in the sociological study of the interventions.

Keywords

Economic–social function

neighborhood

social cohesion

social infrastructures

sociological perspectives

worn-out urban fabrics

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