Effective Indicators in Neighborhood Selection by the Isfahan Citizens in the Historical Texture

Neighborhood, as an important behavioral setting, in addition to numerous social, cultural and physical aspects, has a very important role in neighborhood selection and creating a tendency among citizens to take up permanent residence. This is one of the main issues in the social life of historical contexts because by increasing the extent and depth of understanding of neighborhood selection criteria, housing will also be more durable. The present study aims to achieve effective factors in choosing the neighborhood in Isfahan city and to identify the criteria for neighborhood selection in the historical texture of Isfahan City. To this end, two main questions are raised: 1. What are the criteria for neighborhood selection in the historical texture of Isfahan? 2. Do the neighborhood selection criteria change with the spatial displacement? The present study is qualitative, descriptive and analytical research. To investigate the topic research, three Darb-e-Emam, Aligholi Agha and Jolfa neighborhoods in the historical texture of Isfahan City are selected using Goeller Scorecard and the four main neighborhood selection criteria, including security, neighborhood compatibility, access to shopping center and access to public transport network, are investigated. To investigate the aforementioned criteria in the selected neighborhoods, a sample of 90 persons are surveyed through a Likert scale questionnaire. Then, the data obtained from the questionnaires are analyzed using the AHP method and for each neighborhood, the importance coefficients of all criteria are calculated. The results of analysis show that according to the residents, among the neighborhood selection criteria, the security has the highest rating, followed by the neighborhood compatibility, access to shopping center and access to public transport network, respectively. Considering these criteria, the Aligholi Agha neighborhood obtains the highest ratings.