Assessment and Evaluation of Urban Public Spaces Vitality and its Role on Improving Young People's Quality of Life Case Study: Nazar Sharghi Street in Isfahan

Cities and public spaces need vitality and vigor as vital organs. Creating and improving public space vitality require adopted attributes of space due to responding Citizens and particularly young people needs, that in turn can be led to the increase of continues presence and quality of their life. So the goal of this paper is the assessment and evaluation of indicators of public space vitality that due to this aim by using documentary and analytical-descriptive method, during study of young behavior and their needs, indicators of public space vitality categorized in 4 groups in relation with young quality of life. Then based on fourth group of indicators, research questionnaire was designed according to Likert scale option. By using Kokran formula and random sampling, 101 questionnaires were completed by young people in Nazar Sharghi Street that is one of the vital spaces in Isfahan city. These questionnaires analyzed based on Hierarchical multi variable regression and in SPSS 19. The result of analyzing shows that the average of vitality in Nazar Sharghi Street is 3.37 that is over the 3 as a middle norm. Also the average of economic vitality is 4.43 that is more than social vitality average (3.14) and environmental vitality average (3). Furthermore statistical analyses indicate that the importance of environmental vitality is more than economic or social vitality for young people with Beta ratio 0.711. Also a significant relationship was observed between education and perception of vitality. In other word by increasing education among people, their perception of vitality in space was increased. Finally by discussing about the role of public space`s vitality in young people quality of life, some suggestions for improving vitality in public space are offered.