Abstract:
Decreasing qualitative aspects of residential environments is a real problem in recent public housing of Kerman. Thisarticle is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (REQ), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents' individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces. Levels ofin-between spaces include empirical-aesthetic, performance and environmental characteristics to determine degrees of residents' satisfaction (RSAT). Eighteen selected components of in-between spaces quality (ISQ) assess the RSAT degrees in three residential environments of Kerman. Needed data obtained from structured interviews with residents and observation checklists. A direct relationship found between RSAT and ISQ in all three surveyed residential environments. The REQ index is highly and positively correlated with satisfaction of the three levels of in-between spaces and residents' individual characteristics such as ownership and residential period.
Machine summary:
Thisarticle is concentrated on surveying the impact of in-between spaces on residential environments quality (REQ), to evaluate different kinds of it and to determine interrelation of two main components: residents' individual characteristics and characteristics of in-between spaces.
Levels ofin-between spaces include empirical-aesthetic, performance and environmental characteristics to determine degrees of residents' satisfaction (RSAT).
Eighteen selected components of in-between spaces quality (ISQ) assess the RSAT degrees in three residential environments of Kerman.
The REQ index is highly and positively correlated with satisfaction of the three levels of in-between spaces and residents' individual characteristics such as ownership and residential period.
Indicators of ISQ These levels include fifteen indicators used to evaluate residents’ satisfaction of indicators; the indicators determined based on the research literature and then the results assessed again by architectures of residential environments.
Previous researches indicate the effects of different variables as determinants of residential satisfaction or dissatisfaction such as housing type, neighborhood facilities, structure type, building features, housing condition and management (Ukoha and Beamish, 1997); dwelling units and environmental facilities (Savasdisara et al.
Residents’ satisfaction studied in terms of three dimensions of residential environment; Empirical-aesthetics, performance and environmental characteristics that applied to evaluate ISQ.
the last level contains entrance of Table 2: Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) matrix between ISQ and residents individual characteristics / a block that is emplaces between its outer confine in residential environment and its inner confine inside the block; thus, (F16), (F18), and (F17) also positively correlated with REQ.