An Analysis on the role of Urban Smart Growth in Enhancing Neighborhood Identity (Case Study: Tehran Municipality, Zone 2, Districts 5 And 6)

In the near past, neighborhoods in the cities have identity and is inductor a sense of place belonging to their inhabitants. But in parallel with the scattered development based on purely physical and economic goals, gradually, the physical boundaries of the neighborhood has disappeared and it has been deprived of the identity element. One of the social goals of urban smart growth is to enhance social interactions and increase the sense of belonging in neighborhood units.The present study  has been done With the aim of investigating the impact of smart urban growth on reinforcement of neighborhood identity . The study area is four neighborhoods:Taymoori, Daryannow, Towhid and Tarasht in the Two district municipality in Tehran. The research is descriptive-analytic and data has been gathered in two ways: a survey questionnaire and documents . In this way, firstly a sample size of 383 Persons has been  randomly selected among residents of four neighborhoods. The questionnaire data has been analyzed using statistical tests and by using SPSS software. As well as 32 indicators related to smart growth have been collected through official statistics and has been calculated and analyzed using the model VICORE . The results show that the total average score of neighborhood identity is moderate and score Environmental Quality  (smart growth) is at a level lower than average. From  the studied areas, only the Timurid neighborhood with an mean of 3.26 is more than average and  the other three neighborhood are lower than average. The results of the VICORE model also indicate that Timurid area is superior to the intelligent growth indices. Another result of this research is the existence of a significant positive relationship between the mean of intelligent growth rate and local identity.