Abstract:
As it is commonly understood, Urban neighborhoods play a significant role in developing urban sustainability as the smallest unit of city so that the formation and promotion of neighborhood identity, and focusing on social relationships would be in harmony with urban sustainability. It is believed that a dramatic change in spatial structure of urban neighborhood include a decline in levels of political, social and economic role of neighborhoods as long as they have had some disadvantages such as environmental pollution, marginalization, poor housing, social- psychological and cultural damages, and particularly losing spiritual and material values as well in the recent decades. To limit these disadvantages associated with communities, neighborhood centers should be designed. The purpose of this study will analyze the concept of neighborhoods and neighborhoods’ centers and their effects on urban sustainability by descriptive- analytical approach and by gathering information through libraries and reviewing documents. This paper engages in analyzing components, dimensions, factors of sustainability and neighborhoods centers that integrated in the final model which characterized by practical-economic, environmental, empirical- aesthetic components; and, the validity of the used questionnaires based on factors of this model with 387 subjects (the selected sample) and the reliability of the questionnaires by using Cronbach Alpha through Bartlett Test and KMO factor at high level of 0/85 was proved. The level of significance of each component was reexamined by concerning their effects on urban sustainability. By applying multiple- regression test, the statistical outcomes reveal that designing based on environmental components have the utmost impact on neighborhoods sustainability.
Machine summary:
"g. Regional shopping centers, schools and neighborhoods facilities activity Development of facilities and services for neighborhoods residents Table5: Global experiences in designing sustainable neighborhood Year (2006- 2009) 2006 location Planning for improving quality, Glasgow, Scotland Goal Enhancing sustainable neighborhoods Dimension Environmental Empirical-aesthetics Proceedings - Development of green space throughout the neighborhood - Creating safe and clean open spaces that are visually appealing - Using sustainable materials in the building - Improving the quality of neighborhoods street lighting, redesigning marginal landscapes, applying patterns for many urban neighborhoods furniture - Improving compatibility of public areas such as parks or public buildings with culture and identity of neighborhood - Variety of programs and activities for youth in the community to recognize their talents and capabilities - Making opportunity to increase the use of open spaces for social and recreational activities for residents to reduce social abnormalities and green open spaces (such as crime) with appropriate design For Robert Cowan, sustainable neighborhood is characterized by a place having a human-scale buildings and spaces, a set of neighborhoods streets and squares, a combination of neighboring mixed use (application) for increasing the vitality of streets and landscapes, or a place providing facilities and daily services, having less negative effect on eco-system, creating a sense of belonging to neighborhood, encouraging people to social responsibility toward their neighborhood (Cowan, 2005, 387)."