Assessment of Creating Child Friendly City Components in Bandar-e Anzali

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture & Art, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

3 Master Student, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

Background: The absence of urban environment for children in the urban spaces along with growing urban development have resulted in children’s decreased presence in this area gradually. Because of these policies, the sense of belonging to the urban environment in children is now differently assessed. Hence, it can be concluded that the environment plays a significant role in the development of personality and child growth; thereby forming the cultural, social factors as well as a great portion of the child's environmental and spatial attachments in the family on neighborhood context.
Objectives: This study attempts to evaluate the relationship between components such as environmental flexibility, location identity, and presence in neighborhoods as components of urban planning with such factors as playing, experienced emotion, and participation in decision making. The main question of this study is the effect and extent of these components on each component.
Methodology: Methodologically, this study has a quantitative approach and a descriptive and causal-comparative research strategy. The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire that 367 students were chosen through clustering from each school, among 8000 students of Bandar Anzali. The outcomes were analyzed through the software SPSS24 and LISREL8.80.
Results: The analysis of the results proved that the highest effect coefficient (95%) in children was related to place flexibility, which causes creativity in the creation of a game by the child.
Conclusion: The following grades of the most influence was for physical presence in the neighborhoods with 94% and place identity with 89%, obtained from the questionnaire filled by children.

Highlights

The Children who were in neighborhood and whose families used their child's opinions in decision-making were more likely to participate in decision-making. This shows that being in neighborhood has a great impact on children's participation in local Area and family affairs, and moving in the direction of improving urban spaces is more effective for children's participation.

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  • Receive Date: 24 August 2019
  • Revise Date: 10 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 08 April 2020

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