Evaluation of satisfaction of the citizens of urban development plans (The Case of Salman Farsi walk the streets of Ahvaz)

Considering walking not only as the earliest kind of urban transportation, but also it can lead to a high level of safety and comfort for people. Unfortunately, these days because of the lack of urban walking-based open spaces and low quality of these spaces, residents of present cities have encountered with serious problems for doing their social interactions. With a quick look at Ahvaz city (located at the western south of Iran) and most of Iran`s metropolises, obviously it can be found that most of Iran`s metropolises, in particular Ahvaz cannot meet their resident`s needs and expectations. Our purpose of this study is to assess the satisfaction of Salman Farsi street`s residents from the plan of sidewalk construction of this street in terms of its physical, social, economic and environmental dimensions. We use field and library methods to collect information in this kind of descriptive study. Our sample society is including the shopkeepers, residents and pedestrians of Salman Farsi Street and also we developed our sampling based on a random method. Considering this point that our sample size is 100 participants, we use SPSS Statistical Software and parametric, nonparametric tests such as Ttest, chi-square, correlation, Friedman for analyzing the questioners. Based on this study`s results, we can conclude that most of the street residents and users are satisfied with sidewalk construction of Salman Farsi street, in a way that the greatest satisfaction is related to its physical dimension, while most of the residents and users aren`t satisfied with its environmental dimensions.