Assessment of Correlation between Social Capital and Sustainable Development of Neighborhoods in Ahwaz (A Case Study: Neighborhoods of Kianpars and Lashkar-abad)

Social Capital as one of the most prominent factors and executive agents of any country, plays a crucial part in a sustainable development of every region. Thus, addressing various aspects of social capital have proved significantly important in urban development studies. Social Capital is the way people interact with each other, their participation in civil affairs, their common beliefs and values which can decrease time, economic and social expenditures. Hense the concept of Social capital (with natural capital, economic capital and human capital) is presented which is composed of organizations, relationships, attitudes and values that leads to interaction of people. These human interactions encounter challenges in regions where there are racial and ideological differences and Ahwaz city is not an exception to this rule. This study is assessing the correlation between Social capital and sustainable development in two neighborhoods of Lashkar-abad and Kianpars. The current research is a case study which is conducted in the descriptive, analytical and correlational approach by using questionnaire. The results of this study show that the quantity of Pearson in this correlation in 0.891 and the direction of the correlation is positive, the amount of Sig in this correlation is 0.00 which is less than 0.1, so the statistical relationships of these two variables with the accuracy is meaningfully 99%.