Examining the Effect of Place Attachment on the Spatial Resilience of Traditional Neighborhoods of Kermanshah with an Emphasis on Spatial Capabilities (Case Study: Chenani Neighborhood of Kermanshah)

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Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Eslam Abad -E- Gharb Branch, Islamic Azad University, Eslam Abad-E-Gharb, Iran.

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Today, despite the lack of resilience of some contemporary urban spaces in the face of changes, we see spaces from the past that have continued to exist despite the changes and have preserved their identity and stability. Chenani traditional neighborhood in Kermanshah city is one of these spaces, which despite the problems, war and changes, is still resilient and the sustainability of urban life is visible in it. It seems that the resilience of these spaces is created by the attachment to the place that arises from the activity and interactions between man-place and man-man, and understanding how it causes the improvement of the existing disorders in the resilience of contemporary spaces. Therefore, this research has been conducted with the aim of investigating the impact of the component of place attachment and spatial capabilities on the spatial resilience of Chanani neighborhood in order to promote stability and urban identity. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of its nature and method, which first deals with the theoretical part of the research using documentary studies and library resources, then the variables of place attachment and spatial capabilities as independent variables and resilience variables are measured as dependent variables. The tools used in this research are field observation, questionnaire (Likert scale) and interview. The sample size was selected based on Cochran's formula of 313 residents of Chenani traditional neighborhood of Kermanshah and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.897 for the research questions, which is an indicator of the reliability of the questionnaire. Independent t test was used to measure and analyze the data, and correlation test and multivariate linear regression were used to check the effects of variables. The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between the components of place attachment and spatial capabilities with spatial resilience, and the most influential is related to the physical and social index of place attachment and adaptability

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Urban Structure and Function Studies
Volume 12, Issue 4
October 2025
Pages 209-238

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  • Receive Date: 05 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 10 February 2024
  • Accept Date: 18 October 2025

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