Analyzing the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of citizens (Case study: Districts of Karaj)
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M.A. in Geography and Urban Planning (Urban Environment), Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
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Asistant professor, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jspr.2025.1982729.1027
Abstract
Cities as living places create the most desirability on the quality of life of their residents when they meet their demands. These demands are in the form of realizing values such as landscape beauty, tranquility, diversity, etc. It finds meaning. If each of these values is not desirable in a person’s living environment, it will affect his perception and feeling of place and consequently on the level of satisfaction with the living environment. The present study analyzes the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of karaj citizens in the form of indicators of identity and sense of belonging to place and balance and visual quality, somehow investigating the relationship between human behavioral reactions in relation to urban landscapes after engaging human senses in the environment. The required data were collected through library studies, field visits and checklist completion, and data analysis was performed using Pearson’s co-orum method, single-sample T-test and regression analysis. In regression analysis of three indices, urban landscape index was considered as dependent variable and other indicators were considered as independent variables. In regression analysis of three indices, urban landscape index was considered as dependent variable and other indicators were considered as independent variables. Based on the results of balance and visual quality and place belonging with impact coefficients of 0.453 and 0.192, respectively, balance and visual quality had the most effect on urban landscape. In the meantime, due to the high impact factor of balance index and visual quality on urban landscape and the fact that the authors of balance index and visual quality are mainly aesthetic features of city and neighborhood landscape It can play a significant role in improving the urban landscape of Karaj. In fact, urban environments that have a good quality in terms of the mentioned indicators, people’s interest in presence in urban space, sense of belonging in their place of residence and work, and action on environmental behaviors will be greater.
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heydari,M. and Karami,T. (2022). Analyzing the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of citizens (Case study: Districts of Karaj). Journal of Urban Studies on Space and Place, 6(24), 117-131. doi: 10.22034/jspr.2025.1982729.1027
MLA
heydari,M. , and Karami,T. . "Analyzing the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of citizens (Case study: Districts of Karaj)", Journal of Urban Studies on Space and Place, 6, 24, 2022, 117-131. doi: 10.22034/jspr.2025.1982729.1027
HARVARD
heydari M., Karami T. (2022). 'Analyzing the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of citizens (Case study: Districts of Karaj)', Journal of Urban Studies on Space and Place, 6(24), pp. 117-131. doi: 10.22034/jspr.2025.1982729.1027
CHICAGO
M. heydari and T. Karami, "Analyzing the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of citizens (Case study: Districts of Karaj)," Journal of Urban Studies on Space and Place, 6 24 (2022): 117-131, doi: 10.22034/jspr.2025.1982729.1027
VANCOUVER
heydari M., Karami T. Analyzing the role of urban landscape components on the quality of urban environment and environmental behavior of citizens (Case study: Districts of Karaj). JSPR, 2022; 6(24): 117-131. doi: 10.22034/jspr.2025.1982729.1027
