Prioritizing the Influence of Social Capital Components on Residents Participation to Renovation of Urban Worn out Texture (Case study: district 3 of region 10 of Tehran)

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1 Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph.D. student of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Ph.D. student of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Ph.D. Student of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In terms of urban worn out textures, one of the most important issues that have been considered in recent decades by scholar's urban issues and urban planners is the usage of social capital capacities to facilitate the process of upgrading and modernizing urban worn out textures. Therefore, this research examines the effect of social capital components on the willingness of inhabitants to renovate their homes that are in the worn out tissues of the 3 district of the region ten of Tehran municipalities. To do this, first, using the Cochran formula and a sample of 382 people was randomly selected among the residents of the area. The research method is descriptive-analytical and it is based on the initial data. Initial data collection was done by documentary and survey method and questionnaire is used too. The collected data was processed by using SPSS and Smart PLS software. To prioritize each of the components, as well as determining their contribution and their role in the tendency to renovate the study area, three methods were used: mean analysis, PLS path analysis,geographic weighted regression. Based on the results of the research, the main factors influencing the tendency to renovate the 3 district of the region ten of Tehran were prioritized according to their importance: respectively, the components of satisfaction, neighborhood relations, social participation and institutional trust. With the planning to upgrade and organize these components based on the degree of importance, it is possible to improve the tendency to renovate the study area.

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