Assessing the Urban Quality of Life (Case Study: Manzarie Town of Khomeini Shahr)

In recent centuries, the rapid growth of urbanization in developing countries, along with an objective approach to development, has added to the objective and mental disorders of Third World cities. Nevertheless, the emergence of a qualitative approach to development concepts provided the basis for raising the issue of quality of life. This is an issue that means the viability of a place today, and its promotion is emphasized not only as a tool to deal with the adverse consequences of conventional growth and development policies, but also as the main goal of development (Faraji et al., 2012: 49). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the urban quality of life in Manzarie town located in KhomeiniShahr and determine the most effective factors in the formation of residents' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the current urban quality of life in the area. The method of analysis of this research is descriptive-analytical. To collect information, library and survey methods and questionnaires and to assess the urban quality of life in the study area, factor analysis and t-test were used. First, by t-test, the satisfaction status of each The variable was determined from the respondents' point of view and then using factor analysis and normalization of their scores, the variables were classified into 8 factors and the score of each factor was determined. The results of the analysis indicate the low level of urban quality of life in the study area from the perspective of its residents.