Investigation effect residential satisfactions on population survival in Mehr housing projects (case study: Mehr housing Behbahan City)

Residential satisfaction influences by a wide range of objective and subjective perceived conditions and it is often used to assess perception and feelings of the inhabitants from residential units of their neighborhood and environment. Eventually, this concept deemed to be an important sign of positive perceptions of the life quality for residents. Residential satisfaction have a great impact on issues such as; place belonging, participation, population survival especially in new towns and new housing projects (Mehr housing). Identifying effective factors in the level of residents' satisfaction and dissatisfaction can be effective in assessing the status quo of the residence, making future decisions in order to improve the quality of residential areas and prevent repetitive defects in other places.Therefore, purpose of this research is effect residential satisfactions on population survival in Mehr housing project in Behbahan. In terms of purpose, the research is an applied, in terms of research method is descriptive - Analytical and in terms of data collection is survey. Statistical population included 804 residents that 280 persons were selected as samples by using a Cochran formula. Data were collected by questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of two main variables with 36 items. collected data were analyzed by software SPSS21 and Amos24. The results show the residents of the Mehr housing complex have low satisfaction of the indicators of physical and Social, economic and access. Equation analysis reveals that indicators of physical, social, economic and access that show the satisfaction variable has a positive and significant effect on population survival.