The role of urban public space in the formation of social trust (Case study: Chamran Boulevard in Shiraz metropolitan)

Changes in human society, from Pre-modern societies to modern societies depends on the complexity, density and interconnectedness of social relations. Social trust, expand community has made. Without trust we cannot see social order, balance, solidarity and social cohesion in the society. Trust as one of the pre-conditions for comprehensive development of any society is essential. With the expansion of trust we can replace positive moral values with the negative ones. According to the idea of Giddens more distance between people will make more need of trust. Changing a traditional society in to modern causes that the modern people redefine the trust network and radius of it. The Theorist like Jacobs think that the urban spaces has an important role in making the face to face relations. The aim of this study is the investigation of the urban spaces role in the formation of social trust. Sample size determined by Morgan table. 150 Questionnaire completed in Chamran. Spss software was used for data analysis. According to the questionnaire and literature study Indexing was done. The correlation coefficient, multiple regression with enter method and factor analysis were used to analyze the data. Regression analysis showed that the selected variables in urban areas have an important role in the formation of social trust. Using factor analysis, it was found that the radius of trust and physical qualities the most influence in the development and increase of social trust in urban areas. The results between content and form showed that the content plays a dominant role in the formation of social trust.