maryam shaebani; mahmood sharepour
Abstract
Introduction: Streets are a key part of our societies and human life. Growing theories have all emphasized how streets and sidewalks can be acquired for social purposes because street design is mainly treated as part of the general planning cycle component. This reflects the fact that people use the ...
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Introduction: Streets are a key part of our societies and human life. Growing theories have all emphasized how streets and sidewalks can be acquired for social purposes because street design is mainly treated as part of the general planning cycle component. This reflects the fact that people use the street in front of their homes, from their neighborhood, and around their work, and thus, the quality of the streets and other public spaces affects every day's life and directly contributes to their sense of welfareTheoretical framework: Today, the human dimension of public spaces has been considered more than ever by urban planners and designers; because the activities in public spaces can affect the quality and quantity of attracting people to stop and interact in these spaces.The streets are the site of the connection and linking of urban spaces and activities. Jan Gehl argues that the activities in the public sphere are particularly important in understanding this space. According to flower, the activity of people in public spaces can be classified into three categories: first, necessary activities: only partly influenced by the physical quality of the environment, as it is essential to do them to continue living. Second, optional activities occur only in optimal conditions, thus direct measurement of the quality of public space. These activities also affect users ' perceptions of space. Third, social activities: Almost all of the cases arise from cross - fertilization activities. The present study tries to help the theoretical development of key concepts of Jan Gehl in the context of Iranian city studies. Methodology: By utilizing an exploratory sequential mixed methods, in the first stage (qualitative part), observational analysis and thematic analysis were performed to analyze its data, and in the second stage (quantitative part), survey method was performed. In the qualitative part, five streets in Tehran were selected using purposive sampling and with maximum variation and in the quantitative part, using sampling proportional to volume and simple random, number (302 people) were selected as the sample population. The research population of all citizens of Tehran with age criteria is 15 years and higher. To analyze the data, SPSS23 and PLS3 software was used. Result and Discussion: Findings indicate the occurrence of more necessary activities than optional activities, which obscures the quality of the street scene of Tehran and in some way, indicates that the streets of Tehran do not have favorable conditions for social activities; this is the same unfavorable situation that Jan Gehl mentioned. Another notable result in this regard is the discussion of optional activities among residents of northern Tehran and the occurrence of necessary activities among residents of southern Tehran, which clearly indicates a kind of centralism in the quality of landscape of the streets in the northern part of Tehran; which should be given serious attention in urban development policies by the urban planning officials of Tehran.
