Effects of place identity: The quality of urban sustainable development (Case Study: Hafez's Tomb in Shiraz)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of place identity on the sustainable development<br />of urban spaces. Thus, the components of place identity, emotional attachment, place attachment and social bonding have<br />been measured in three dimensions of (cognitive) the place identity, (affective) emotional attachment and (behavioral)<br />place attachment and social bond. To measure sustainable development, three components of sustainable development,<br />including society, economy, and environment has been considered. The current survey is a descriptive survey. The<br />assessment instrument was the standard questionnaire of Safarnia which has been used to measure the variable of<br />place identity and to measure the variable of sustainable development, a questionnaire has been made by the researcher<br />and has been based on the combined theoretical framework. The statistical population of this research has been the<br />inhabitants of Shiraz city and Hafeziyeh aera. SPSS22 software has been used to analyze the data and examined the<br />results of both descriptive and inferential statistics. In inferential statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient has been<br />used to examine the hypotheses. In this study, the variable of place identity is high and sustainable development is also<br />in a high level. These results suggest the positive effects of place identity on the sustainable development.