Evaluation of the environmental quality of urban pedestrian paths from the users' perspective (Case study: Bouali and Akbatan pedestrian paths in Hamedan city)

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1 Master of Urban Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

2 Professor Of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University. Hamadan, Iran

3 Master of Urban Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran

10.22034/gp.2024.59701.3217

Abstract

Environmental quality is part of human satisfaction with the environment. Although pedestrianization plays an important role in improving environmental quality in urban spaces, uniform approaches without considering the spatial nature, potentials, and environmental capacities in the construction of urban pedestrian paths will not only fail to promote environmental quality and satisfaction, but also lead to a decline in the social and economic quality of urban spaces. The aim of this research is to evaluate the environmental quality components of the Bouali and Ekbatan pedestrian paths in Hamedan city from the perspective of users in order to respond to the needs of citizens and user satisfaction. The method of this research is practical in terms of objective and descriptive-analytical in terms of method of implementation. Indicators and measurement criteria related to environmental quality were extracted by reviewing credible scientific texts and then collecting the opinions of citizens and employees through a questionnaire. The statistical population in this study was infinite, and using the method of infinite population sampling, a sample size of 200 individuals was selected for this study. For the reliability assessment, Cronbach's alpha was used, and for the validity assessment, the KMO index and Bartlett's test were used. For statistical analysis of the data, exploratory factor analysis was used and an independent two-sample t-test was used to compare the two pedestrian paths of Bouali and Ekbatan in Hamedan city in the SPSS software. The findings of the exploratory factor analysis indicate that the factors "presence", "environmental responsiveness", "cultural and social activity diversity", "comfort and security", and "ease of movement and accessibility" have the highest contribution to explaining environmental quality. Furthermore, the comparison results of environmental quality factors show that Bouali pedestrian street has achieved a better position in terms of accessibility, environmental responsiveness, and cultural-social activity diversity.

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کیفیت محیطی بخشی از رضایت­مندی انسان­ها از محیط را تشکیل می­دهد. با این که رویکرد پیاده­مداری در طراحی فضاهای شهری نقش مهمی در ارتقاء کیفیت­محیطی ایفاء می­کند، اما رویکردهای یکسان و بدون توجه به ماهیت فضایی، پتانسیل­ها و ظرفیت­های محیطی در احداث پیاده­راه­های شهری نه تنها موجبات ارتقاء کیفیت­محیطی و رضایت­مندی را به دنبال نخواهد داشت، بلکه موجب تنزل کیفیت اجتماعی و اقتصادی فضاهای شهری می­شود. هدف از این پژوهش ارزیابی مؤلفه­های کیفیت محیطی در پیاده­راه­ بوعلی و اکباتان شهر همدان از منظر کاربران در راستای پاسخگویی به نیازهای شهروندان و رضایت­مندی کاربران می­باشد. روش این پژوهش از نظر هدف کاربردی و از نظر روش انجام توصیفی- تحلیلی است. شاخص­ها و معیارهای مورد سنجش در ارتباط با کیفیت محیطی با مروری بر متون معتبر علمی، استخراج شده و سپس به وسیله پرسش­نامه اقدام به گردآوری نظرات شهروندان و شاغلان شد. جامعه آماری در این تحقیق نامحدود بوده که با استفاده از روش بررسی جامعه نامحدود، حجم نمونه در این تحقیق 200 نفر انتخاب گردید. جهت اعتبار پایایی از آلفای کرونباخ و سنجش روایی از شاخص KMO و آزمون کرویت بارتلت استفاده شده است. برای تحلیل آماری داده­ها از تحلیل عاملی اکتشافی و به منظور مقایسه دو پیاده­راه بوعلی و اکباتان شهر همدان از آزمون تی دو نمونه­ای مستقل در نرم­افزار SPSS استفاده شده است. یافته­های حاصل از تحلیل عامل اکتشافی نشان می­دهد عامل­ «حضورپذیری»، «پاسخ­دهندگی محیط»، «تنوع فعالیت فرهنگی و اجتماعی»، «آسایش و امنیت» و «سهولت تردد و دسترسی» به ترتیب بالاترین سهم را در تببین کیفیت محیط می­گذارد. همچنین نتایج مقایسه عوامل کیفیت­محیطی نشان می­دهد که پیاده­راه­ بوعلی در عامل حضورپذیری، پاسخ­دهندگی محیط، تنوع فعالیت­ فرهنگی- اجتماعی در وضعیت مناسب­تری قرار گرفته است

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