Zohre Fanni; Akbar Soltanzade; Mojgan Farajzade; Rohollah Mirzazadeh
Volume 7, Issue 14 , November 2016, , Pages 67-80
Abstract
Leisure space today is one of the important areas of urban studies as the quality of how leisure time is spent has become more important. This comparative study was done to both measure satisfaction indicators of leisure time and to investigate the factors influencing leisure space satisfaction in two ...
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Leisure space today is one of the important areas of urban studies as the quality of how leisure time is spent has become more important. This comparative study was done to both measure satisfaction indicators of leisure time and to investigate the factors influencing leisure space satisfaction in two districts in Maragheh. In order to collect the data in this study, questionnaire surveys were conducted. The statistical population of the study were citizens living in District 1 and 4 in Maragheh and the population size in each area was determined based on Cochran formula. The questionnaires were then distributed in the leisure places by using simple-random sampling method. In order to analyze the research data, both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied by means of SPSS software. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in leisure space satisfaction between Districts 1 and 4. Additionally, it was determined by factor analysis that the leisure facilities, variety of leisure places, and access to them (with 38.9 percent variance) in District 1 and also the facilities and variety of leisure places as well as their cultural functions (with 38.7 percent variance) in District 4 have played the most important role in shaping the residents' satisfaction of their leisure space.
Geography And Urben Planning
Zohreh Fanni Fanni; Seyed Mohammad Rezazadeh
Volume 7, Issue 13 , June 2016, , Pages 19-32
Abstract
Public participation in the form of spiritual institutions, which are known as faith-based public organizations (faith-based NGOs), is now one of the key strategies in local community development. Faith-based NGOs usually work to promote the human spiritual life; however, related extensive studies and ...
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Public participation in the form of spiritual institutions, which are known as faith-based public organizations (faith-based NGOs), is now one of the key strategies in local community development. Faith-based NGOs usually work to promote the human spiritual life; however, related extensive studies and recent investigations have shown that because of the faith capacity of these NGOs, in addition to their core function in spiritual matters of communities, they have much more effectiveness than any other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in providing social, cultural, and welfare services. In this study, in addition to identify various religious institutions involved in city management, the functional significance of these NGOs in the field of social security as well as the welfare of residents in small local communities was examined. The main objective of this study is to analyze and highlight the role of faith-based NGOs in sustainable management of social services and hence, in provision of public welfare in communities. The research method is analytic-descriptive which is based on library documents and interviews with a number of people and managers of these NGOs in Tehran, District 1. The results showed that in spite of the diverse characteristics of these public religious centers, they all have the same or similar purposes. Because of their cultural nature, voluntary organizations in general and faith-based NGOs in particular have more effects than any other organizations on creating cultural change as well as developing sustainable management of social and welfare services in small local communities.
Geography And Urben Planning
Zohreh Fanni; Saman Heydari; Parviz Aghaei
Volume 6, Issue 12 , November 2015, , Pages 65-78
Abstract
Today thanks to social justice and welfare schools, the concept of urban life quality has been more focused on; and in order to increase the quality of urban life in Iran, various discussions and efforts have been also done over the past years. In this regard, using the theoretical issues and the ...
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Today thanks to social justice and welfare schools, the concept of urban life quality has been more focused on; and in order to increase the quality of urban life in Iran, various discussions and efforts have been also done over the past years. In this regard, using the theoretical issues and the most important corresponding indicators, this study aimed to evaluate the life quality of Ghorveh residents, in general, and the differences between the life quality of women and men, in particular. The methodology employed in this study was descriptive analytical. The data were collected through qualitative field research, from libraries and questionnaires, and then were analyzed by SPSS software.The results of the study showed that the quality of life for Ghorveh residents was not at a desirable level and the average of indices was totally less than 3. The highest average was related to the neighborhood index with 3.24 and the lowest average was to do with economic with 1.99. The results obtained from the independent tow-sample T also indicated that there was a significant difference between the life quality of men and women in Ghorveh that is the life quality of men was better than that of women. Finally, the results showed that employment failed to improve the life quality of women.
