Assessment the quality of life in new towns (case study: new town of Parand)

Quality of life is has a special place in urban planning studies according to objective and subjective conditions. The main goal of all plannings which is implied by thinkers and planners is Quality of life. The main objective of this research is to study the indicators related to quality of life from the viewpoint of the citizens of the new city of Parand according to 3 physical, functional and environmental characteristics. The research method is descriptive-analytic and survey based on using a questionnaire. The statistical population of this study is 382 people. In order to analyze the variables studied, SPSS software and statistical methods such as mean responses, parametric statistical test T for independent variables, synthetics and ANOVA test were used. The results of the research show that the quality of life situation in the studied area in the field of transportation and environmental, economic and social communication is not favorable from the viewpoint of the sample population. Only the situation from the viewpoint of physical characteristics (spaces and buildings) of the sample population is medium (with the mean 3) evaluated.