The study of urban furniture role and performance in improving the quality of urban environment and satisfaction, and vitality of citizens (Study; Mellat St., Shahrekord)

In Shahrekord, as one of the middle cities that in recent years, has witnessed widespread migration from surrounding cities and villages, the need to pay attention to the optimization of urban furniture, and its role in environmental quality, citizen satisfaction, and their vitality more It is considered in advance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of urban furniture in improving the quality of the urban environment, and the satisfaction and vitality of citizens in Mellat Street, Shahrekord. The present study has used descriptive and analytical research methods. Also, this research is applied-developmental in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the study includes the population of Shahrekord, in 2016, 190,441 people, the sample size based on Cochran's formula, 384 people were randomly selected. The research tool includes a questionnaire (urban furniture, quality of urban environment, satisfaction, vitality of citizens), with 42 questions. The validity of the questionnaire was formal, which was confirmed by 5 experts and professors, and the validity of the structure was confirmed by factor analysis, and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.79. Is. Data analysis based on structural equation analysis was performed in Emus software. The results show that, in general, the performance of urban furniture in improving the quality of urban environment, and satisfaction and vitality of citizens, in Mellat Street, Shahrekord, and this is such that the coefficient of impact of the relationship between urban furniture performance and satisfaction, 0.72, the relationship between urban furniture performance and environmental quality was 0.36, and the relationship between urban furniture performance and vitality was 0.29. Accordingly, the organization of urban furniture, as one of the most important elements of the urban environment, has a significant contribution to the comfort and desirability of space from the point of view of citizens, and lack of planning or incomplete planning in the field of urban furniture, the inefficiency of these elements hits.