Investigating the Role of Identity Factors in Distressed Settlements in Saveh

The city is not just a habitation, but a place where the soul of the community is blown and identified. Urban identity is a collective identity that becomes meaningful to objective crystallization in the physics and content of the city, and drives citizens towards citizenship through the formation of a public memoir of citizens and belonging. Failure to do so will make the citizens of a neighborhood feel less dependent on their place of residence, resulting in unsustainable neighborhoods. The aim of study was to assess and analyze the economic, socio-cultural and physical factors on the identity of the Yaqot Abad neighborhood as one of the city's troublesome neighborhoods. The present study is a descriptive-analytic method which was conducted by scrolling method and using a questionnaire. The statistical population of the study consisted of all residents aged 18 years old in saveh. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula, 322. The results show that social, economic, physical and natural indices have a positive and significant correlation with the identity of the neighborhood. there was a significant difference between identity and residence time, and citizens living longer have identified the identity and spatial identity of the neighborhood more desirable. In general, this research has shown that the mere existence of a disorder can not weaken citizens' identities. As residents of the neighborhood of Jamut Abad, despite being unofficial and inadequate and lack of proper management by the city administration, have a great sense of identity towards their neighborhood.