Investigating and understanding citizens' mental image of urban spaces (Case study: Khomeini Shahr city)

Abstract:

One of the most important elements of the structure of cities is the urban space, which increases social interactions, the quality of the urban living environment, the formation of mental image, place attachment, and the sense of collective memory, which causes the most basic qualitative principles and concepts to be formed in the urban space. It is a sense of collective memory, a sense of security, the quality of the environment, familiarity with the place, satisfaction with the characteristics of the environment, which are the main elements of the relationship between the mental image of people with the environment and the perceived identity of the place. The results have been evaluated. In the analysis section, the information is analyzed using GIS and statistical analysis through SPSS and AMOS software. The analysis and data and the interpretation of the results of the questionnaire showed that there is a meaningful relationship between the mental image of the citizens and the quality of the urban space. In fact, the main focus and focus of the research is the comparative evaluation of the mental image of the citizens of the studied urban settlement through The study of the formed mental image of the citizens and the findings of the research showed that the economic and cultural criterion has the greatest impact on the formation of the negative mental image of the citizens in relation to the neighborhoods of Khomeini Shahr.