Measuring the Relationship between Physical Quality of Housing and Occupational Security in Urban Informal Settlements (Case Study: Abbasabad Neighborhood, Sanandaj)

Informal settlements have been one of the outcomes and features of contemporary urbanization in developing countries, including Iran. Of all the problems these settlements have, occupancy security is one of the most important issues they encounter. The right to housing is a fundament element in improving the living conditions of residents in these settlements, and the lack of which leads to unwillingness to participate, unwillingness to invest in housing improvements and psychological trauma to residents. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between occupation security and physical quality of housing in Abbasabad neighborhood of Sanandaj. The present study is an applied and descriptive-analytical research method that was conducted using library and survey information (questionnaire). The statistical population of the study consists of all household heads of Abbas Abad neighborhood of Sanandaj. Data were analyzed using factor analysis, multivariate regression, Pearson correlation test, mean test, and path analysis in SPSS software. The results showed that participatory occupation security factor with numerical value of “0.846”was more effective than conventional occupation security and experience-based factors on physical quality of housing in Abbasabad. Also, the results of path analysis showed that there is a positive and direct relationship between physical quality of housing and occupancy security indices, so as by increasing the occupancy security indices, the physical quality of housing in this area is increased.