Identity and Neighborhood Sustainable Development in Shiraz Case: Fakhrabad Neighborhood

Today, the social aspects of the cities has been considered by the urban planning experts and has a great importance. The history of urban planning shows a promotion of its programs from a simply skeletal view to a multi-dimensional one, which includes all dimensions. Further, the neighborhood has been one of the tools in urban planning throughout the twentieth century to overcome the urban problems and has been considered from different views. In fact, Neighborhoods are now more social and cultural units than of geographical and skeletal units, therefore, are considered as more reliable units in urban planning. Due to the significance of social dimensions in urban planning, the present study attempts to investigate identity in neighborhoods and analyzes the factors contributing to the formation of identity in them. Because these factors constitute a vital potential source for sustainable development and guarantee the permanence of development indices. Based on field studies, and employing a descriptive-analytic model, the present study investigates the factor of identity in Fakhrabad neighborhood in Shiraz. The data were analyzed using SPSS Software through Chi Square Test, Phi and Cramer Coefficient, and Landa Coefficient. The results show that social-cultural variables have a high correlation with identity with marginal deviation, and that Fakhrabad neighborhood has achieved relative success in providing sustainability in the neighborhood.