Measurement and Evaluation of Social Resilience Indicators of Residential Neighborhoods (Case Study: Traditional Neighborhoods of Hamadan City)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Architecture, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.

2 Department of Architecture, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran/ Department of Urban Design, Bu-Ali Sina University Of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran.

10.22034/ias.2022.313651.1792

Abstract

Residential contexts and neighborhoods, similar to other urban contexts, have been exposed to major challenges and variations following the rapid changes of cities. Resilience with the nature of being community-oriented, as a new concept; by preparing neighborhoods and residential contexts against upcoming changes and challenges, by improving conditions and cultivating the quantitative and qualitative aspects of life, and by preventing exposure to health, welfare, unity, and social cohesion play a major role in the resilience of the whole society. Based on this, the present research, with a descriptive-analytical method and using a quantitative approach; by using exploratory factor analysis test and structural equation model seeks to increase the capacity and power of resilience in localities and design resilient biological complexes. The library-document method and the questionnaire tool were used to collect information. The statistical population of the research consists of the residents of three neighborhoods named Kalpa, Haji and Kebabian. The sampling method was simple random and the sample size was calculated based on Cochran's formula of 386 people. In order to measure the internal validity and reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha (0.784) and average variance extracted (AVE) was used for convergent validity (0.892), which shows the high reliability of the questionnaires. The findings of the research show that the dimensions of social capital, including; social trust, emotional support, social bonding, and social mediation have the highest ratings among other dimensions, respectively, based on the explained variance; in the interim, the social trust of residents towards local organizations and institutions with a factor load of 0.795% is the most important variable constituting the social network index with a total variance of 8.620%.
Research objectives:

Scrutinizing the effective factors and components in the category of social resilience in traditional neighborhoods and residential contexts.
Developing a comprehensive framework of social resilience in order to measure evaluation and prioritization of social resilience components in localities.

Research questions:

What are the effective and promoting components and indicators of social resilience in neighborhoods?
What is the reason for the persistence and resilience of some localities compared to other regions and localities?

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